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 person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
   - White person, Caucasian
    
2. A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
   - White River
    
3. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
   - Edward Douglass White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
    
4. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
   - Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
    
5. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
   - E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
    
6. United States architect (1853-1906)
   - Stanford White
    
7. United States political journalist (1915-1986)
   - T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
    
8. Australian writer (1912-1990)
   - Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White

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

Derived forms: whiter, whites, whited, whitest

See also: albescent, 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], actor, architect, author, chief justice, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], dacks [Austral, NZ], daks [Austral, NZ], designer, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], doer, educator, fixings, ingredient, journalist, journo [Brit, informal], man, pair of trousers, pants [N. Amer], pedagog [US], pedagogue, piece, river, scribbler [informal], scribe [informal], trousers, worker, writer

Antonym: black, melanize

Part of: AR, Ark., Arkansas, Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, egg, eggs, Land of Opportunity, Missouri, MO, Mo., Show Me State [informal], White people, White race

Encyclopedia: White, Nicholas