White Definition

wīt, hwīt
whited, whiter, whites, whitest, whiting
noun
whites
The achromatic color of maximum lightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; the complement or antagonist of black, the other extreme of the neutral gray series. Although typically a response to maximum stimulation of the retina, the perception of white appears always to depend on contrast.
American Heritage
White color.
Webster's New World
A white pigment, paint, or dye.
Webster's New World
The state of being white.
Webster's New World
A white or light-colored part.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Elwyn Brooks White
  • e. b. white
  • stanford white
  • Theodore Harold White
  • t. h. white
  • Patrick White
  • patrick victor martindale white
  • Edward Douglas White Jr.
  • Edward D. White
  • Edward White
  • andrew dickson white
  • Andrew D. White
  • caucasian
  • White person
  • white river
Antonyms:
adjective
whiter, whitest
Having the color of pure snow or milk; of the color of radiated, transmitted, or reflected light containing all of the visible rays of the spectrum; opposite to black.
Webster's New World
Of a light or pale color.
Webster's New World
Light or whitish in color or having light or whitish parts. Used with animal and plant names.
American Heritage
Lacking color; colorless.
White crème de menthe.
Webster's New World
Clothed in white; wearing a white habit.
The White Friars.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
whited, whiting
To make white; whiten.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A surname, derived from the common noun white.

Wiktionary
idiom
bleed white
  • to drain (a person) completely of money, resources, etc.
Webster's New World
white out
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of White

Noun

Singular:
white
Plural:
whites

Adjective

Base Form:
white
Comparative:
whiter
Superlative:
whitest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to White

Origin of White

  • From Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwÄ«t, from Proto-Germanic *hwÄ«taz (whence also West Frisian wyt, Dutch wit, German weiß, Norwegian hvit), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine"). Compare Lithuanian Å¡viẽsti (“to gleam"), Å¡viesa (“light"), Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (svÄ›tÅ­, “light"), свѣтьлъ (svÄ›tÄ­lÅ­, “clear, bright"), Albanian vizull (“ shine"), Avestan [script?] spaÄ“ta (“white"), Sanskrit श्वेत (Å›vetá, “white, bright").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hwīt kweit- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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