1. Being of the achromatic colour of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
   "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
    
2. Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
   "voting patterns within the white population"
    
3. Glowing white with heat
   "white flames"; "a white-hot centre of the fire";
   - white-hot
    
4. Marked by the presence of snow
   "the white hills of a northern winter"; "a white Christmas";
   - snowy
    
5. (of a surface) not written or printed on
   "wide white margins";
   - blank, clean
    
6. Benevolent; without malicious intent
   "that's white of you"
    
7. Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
   "in shining white armour"
    
8. Restricted to whites only
   "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization";
   - lily-white
    
9. Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
   "white nights"
    
10. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
    "He ordered a white coffee with two sugars"
     
11. (of hair) having lost its colour
    "the white hairs of old age";
    - whitened
     
12. Anaemic looking from illness or emotion
    "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage";
    - ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid

1. The quality or state of the achromatic colour of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
   "The white of the snow was blinding in the sunlight";
   - whiteness
    
2. The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
   "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"; "She separated the egg whites to make a meringue";
   - egg white, albumen, ovalbumin
    
3. (board games) the lighter pieces
   "In chess, white moves first"
    
4. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel, gabardine, tweed or white cloth
   "He chose a pair of white trousers for the outdoor event";
   - flannel, gabardine, tweed

1. Turn white
   "Her hair whited with age";
   - whiten

1. A non-white person, esp. a Black
   "The survey aimed to include more non-whites in the sample";
   - coloured [Brit, Cdn]

1. Having skin rich in melanin pigments
   "The non-white population faced discrimination in the early 20th century";
   - colored [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], negro [archaic]

Sounds like: whining, w, white, wight, wite

Derived forms: non-whites

See also: albescent, black, Caucasian, Caucasoid [archaic], colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], covered, dilute, diluted, empty, good, hot, light, light-colored [US], light-coloured [Brit, Cdn], pure, segregated, unintegrated, value

Type of: achromatic color [US], achromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], Black, Black person, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], dacks [Austral, NZ], daks [Austral, NZ], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], fixings, ingredient, man, pair of trousers, pants [N. Amer], piece, trousers

Antonym: black, melanize

Part of: egg, eggs

Encyclopedia: White, Nicholas