white
adjectiveHow many syllables in white?
There is 1 syllable in the word white.How to pronounce white:
Definition of white:
- white (adjective):
- having the color of new snow or milk
- of the color white (see white entry 2 sense 1)
- pale, because of illness, fear, shock, or another emotion
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light.
Synonyms for white:
albescent
ashen
bleached
bloodless
clear
colorless
faded
faint
ghastly
gray
grey
light
like death warmed up
limpid
liquid
lucent
neutral
pale
pallid
pasty
pellucid
snowy
tintless
transparent
uncolored
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Antonyms for white:
bronzed
brown
dark
darkened
flushed
nonwhite
rubicund
ruddy
sunburned
suntanned
tan
tanned
unimpressionable
unwhite
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