The Meaning of white

• (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
• (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
• (superl.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
• (superl.) Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
• (superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
• (superl.) Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
• (n.) The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
• (n.) Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
• (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
• (n.) A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
• (n.) A white pigment; as, Venice white.
• (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
• (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

Synonyms

White , White person , Caucasian , whiteness , White , Edward White , Edward D. White , Edward Douglas White Jr. , White , Patrick White , Patrick Victor Martindale White , White , T. H. White , Theodore Harold White , White , Stanford White , White , E. B. White , Elwyn Brooks White , White , Andrew D. White , Andrew Dickson White , White , White River , egg white , albumen , ovalbumin , flannel , gabardine , tweed , whiten , snowy , lily-white , white-hot , blank , clean , whitened , ashen , blanched , bloodless , livid

Antonyms

black , black , blacken , black , black

Homophones

whyte , wight , wite , wyte

Rhymes

acolyte , airtight , alight , allright , alright , ammonite , andesite , anorthite , anthracite , apartheid , apatite , appetite , arkwright , backbite , beit , bentonite , bight , biotite , birthright , bite , blight , boatwright , bright , brite , brucite , bullfight , byte , calcite , calite , campsite , canaanite , candlelight , carmelite , cartwright , cite , clevite , clyte , contrite , copyright , copywrite , cryolite , daylight , de-excite , delight , despite , dight , diorite , disinvite , displaywrite , dogfight , dolomite , downright , dunite , dwight , dynamite , ebright , enright , enwright , epsomite , erudite , exabyte , excite , expedite , extradite , eyesight , fahrenheit , fight , finite , fite , flashlight , flight , flite , floodlight , fluorite , flyte , footlight , foresight , forthright , fortnight , franklinite , fright , frostbite , fulbright , gametophyte , gigabyte , goodnight , granulocyte , graphite , gunfight , headlight , height , heit , hematite , hemimorphite , hermaphrodite , hiett , highlight , hight , hindsight , hite , hittite , hussite , ignite , impolite , incite , indict , indite , insight , invite , israelite , jacobite , jadeite , kilobyte , kite , knight , kyte , lafite , lazulite , leukocyte , light , lignite , limelight , limonite , lite , lucite , luddite , lymphocyte , macknight , magnesite , magnetite , maronite , masonite , mccright , mcknight , mcwright , megabyte , mennonite , meteorite , midnight , might , minorite , mite , monzonite , moonlight , muscovite , neophyte , niccolite , night , niobite , nite , nonwhite , onsite , outright , overexcite , overflight , overnight , overnite , oversight , overwrite , parasite , pegmatite , phlogopite , phosphorite , playwright , plebiscite , plight , polite , quite , recite , recondite , reignite , reunite , rewrite , right , rite , riunite , satellite , satterwhite , scheidt , searchlight , seawright , selenite , semi-height , shiite , shipwright , sight , site , skite , skylight , skylite , sleight , slight , smite , snakebite , socialite , spite , sporophyte , spotlight , sprite , starlight , sticktight , stoplight , streit , strite , suburbanite , sulfite , sunlight , sunlite , sylvite , tight , tonight , tonite , tripartite , trite , twilight , twite , underwrite , unite , upright , uptight , urbanite , wainwright , watertight , website , wheelwright , whyte , wight , wright , write , zeit