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white

white
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hwahyt, wahyt]
    • /ʰwaɪt, waɪt/
    • /waɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwahyt, wahyt]
    • /ʰwaɪt, waɪt/

Definitions of white word

  • adjective white of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. 1
  • adjective white light or comparatively light in color. 1
  • adjective white (of human beings) belonging to a group marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, often of European descent. 1
  • adjective white for, limited to, or predominantly made up of white people: a white neighborhood. 1
  • adjective white pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage. 1
  • adjective white silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair. 1

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Origin of white

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English whit(e), Old English hwīt; cognate with German weiss, Old Norse hvītr, Gothic hweits; akin to wheat

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for White

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

white popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

white usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for white

adjective white

  • snowy — abounding in or covered with snow: snowy fields.
  • silver — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
  • silvery — resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color: the silvery moon.
  • bleached — made lighter in colour
  • gray — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.

verb white

  • gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
  • make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
  • grizzle — gray; grayish; devoid of hue.
  • dulling — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.

noun white

  • hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
  • albumen — Albumen is the same as albumin.
  • whiteness — the quality or state of being white.
  • egg white — the white of an egg, especially a hen's egg, used in cooking; albumen.

Antonyms for white

adjective white

  • black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • biased — If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased.
  • biassed — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
  • cloudy — If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.
  • dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.

noun white

  • afro-american — African-American
  • nib — his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical: His nibs wants fresh strawberries in December.
  • tinge — to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
  • nibs — the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
  • tincture — Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.

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