white
Adjective
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also: light, light-colored - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agenttells us about: value - relative darkness or lightness of a colorsimilar to: albescent - becoming or shading into white
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similar to: pure - (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
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similar to: covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining formsame as: snowy
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similar to: segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main groupsame as: lily-white
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similar to: hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burningsame as: white-hot
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similar to: good - morally admirable
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similar to: empty - holding or containing nothing
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similar to: colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorfulsame as: whitened
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similar to: colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
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similar to: light - characterized by or emitting light
Noun
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subtypes:
- aryan - (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
- circassian - a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia
- semite - a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
- cassite, kassite - a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
- elamite - a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
- white man - a man who is White
- white woman - a woman who is White
- poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
- honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man
- wasp, white anglo-saxon protestant - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
same as: caucasian, white person -
is a type of: achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or blacksubtypes:same as: whiteness
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is an instance of: chief justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court
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is an instance of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)same as: patrick victor martindale white, patrick white
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is an instance of: journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazinessame as: t. h. white, theodore harold white
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is an instance of: architect, designer - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)same as: stanford white
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is an instance of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)same as: e. b. white, elwyn brooks white
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same as: andrew d. white, andrew dickson white
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is an instance of: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)is a part of:
- ar, ark., arkansas, land of opportunity - a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- missouri, mo, mo., show me state - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
same as: white river -
is a type of: fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
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referred to in:
- checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
- chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
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domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than oneis a type of: pair of trousers, pant, trousers - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
Verb
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