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  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  white 
 
  1  sense  of  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  whiten,  white 
  =>  bleach 
  =>  blanco 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  white 
 
  1  sense  of  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  whiten,  white 
  =>  bleach 
  =>  peroxide 
  =>  blanco 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  white 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  white 
 
  1  sense  of  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  whiten,  white 
  =>  discolor,  discolour,  colour,  color 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  white 
 
  white  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  whiten,  white 
  =>  discolor,  discolour,  colour,  color 
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  Grep  of  noun  white 
  american  white  birch 
  american  white  oak 
  american  white  pine 
  andrew  d.  white 
  andrew  dickson  white 
  arizona  white  oak 
  atlantic  white  cedar 
  bacillary  white  diarrhea 
  bacillary  white  diarrhoea 
  black  and  white 
  bobwhite 
  box  white  oak 
  california  white  fir 
  california  white  oak 
  chinese  white  cabbage 
  coast  white  cedar 
  common  white  dogwood 
  dwarf-white  trillium 
  e.  b.  white 
  eastern  white  pine 
  egg  white 
  elwyn  brooks  white 
  european  white  birch 
  european  white  lily 
  flat-topped  white  aster 
  great  white  heron 
  great  white  shark 
  great  white  way 
  large  white 
  large  white  petunia 
  lowland  white  fir 
  narrow-leaved  white-topped  aster 
  new  zealand  white  pine 
  northern  bobwhite 
  northern  white  cedar 
  off-white 
  old  world  white  pelican 
  oregon  white  oak 
  patrick  victor  martindale  white 
  patrick  white 
  pink-and-white  everlasting 
  poor  white 
  poor  white  trash 
  prairie  white-fringed  orchid 
  prairie  white-fringed  orchis 
  small  white 
  small  white  aster 
  southern  white  cedar 
  southwestern  white  pine 
  stanford  white 
  swamp  white  oak 
  sweet  white  violet 
  t.  h.  white 
  tall  white  violet 
  theodore  harold  white 
  upland  white  aster 
  valley  white  oak 
  west  highland  white  terrier 
  western  white  pine 
  white 
  white-alder  family 
  white-bellied  swallow 
  white-berry  yew 
  white-breasted  nuthatch 
  white-chinned  petrel 
  white-coat  hypertension 
  white-crowned  sparrow 
  white-faced  hornet 
  white-footed  mouse 
  white-headed  stilt 
  white-heart  hickory 
  white-leaved  rockrose 
  white-lipped  peccary 
  white-man's  foot 
  white-pine  rust 
  white-rayed  mule's  ears 
  white-rumped  shrike 
  white-stemmed  filaree 
  white-tailed  deer 
  white-tailed  jackrabbit 
  white-tailed  kite 
  white-tailed  sea  eagle 
  white-throated  sparrow 
  white-tipped  shark 
  white-topped  aster 
  white  admiral 
  white  alder 
  white  anglo-saxon  protestant 
  white  ant 
  white  ash 
  white  aspen 
  white  avens 
  white  backlash 
  white  baneberry 
  white  basswood 
  white  bead 
  white  bean 
  white  bedstraw 
  white  beech 
  white  birch 
  white  blood  cell 
  white  blood  corpuscle 
  white  book 
  white  bread 
  white  broom 
  white  bryony 
  white  burgundy 
  white  cake 
  white  camas 
  white  campion 
  white  cedar 
  white  cell 
  white  cinnamon 
  white  cinnamon  tree 
  white  clover 
  white  cockle 
  white  cohosh 
  white  corpuscle 
  white  crappie 
  white  croaker 
  white  currant 
  white  cypress 
  white  cypress  pine 
  white  daisy 
  white  dead  nettle 
  white  dipladenia 
  white  dog's-tooth  violet 
  white  dogtooth  violet 
  white  dwarf 
  white  dwarf  star 
  white  elephant 
  white  elm 
  white  fairy  lantern 
  white  false  indigo 
  white  feather 
  white  feldspar 
  white  fir 
  white  flag 
  white  fox 
  white  friar 
  white  fringed  orchid 
  white  fringed  orchis 
  white  fritillary 
  white  fungus 
  white  globe  lily 
  white  gold 
  white  goods 
  white  heat 
  white  heather 
  white  hellebore 
  white  honeysuckle 
  white  horehound 
  white  horse 
  white  horse  nettle 
  white  house 
  white  knight 
  white  lead 
  white  lead  ore 
  white  leather 
  white  leg 
  white  lettuce 
  white  lie 
  white  lily 
  white  line 
  white  lotus 
  white  lung 
  white  lupine 
  white  madder 
  white  maire 
  white  mallee 
  white  mallow 
  white  man 
  white  man's  burden 
  white  mangrove 
  white  marlin 
  white  matsutake 
  white  matter 
  white  meat 
  white  melilot 
  white  metal 
  white  milkweed 
  white  mountain  ash 
  white  mulberry 
  white  mullein 
  white  mullet 
  white  mustard 
  white  noise 
  white  oak 
  white  onion  sauce 
  white  paper 
  white  pelican 
  white  pepper 
  white  perch 
  white  person 
  white  pine 
  white  pine  blister  rust 
  white  plague 
  white  popinac 
  white  poplar 
  white  potato 
  white  potato  vine 
  white  prairie  aster 
  white  race 
  white  rhinoceros 
  white  rice 
  white  river 
  white  rocket 
  white  room 
  white  russia 
  white  russian 
  white  rust 
  white  sage 
  white  sale 
  white  sanicle 
  white  sauce 
  white  sea 
  white  shark 
  white  sheep 
  white  silk-cotton  tree 
  white  slave 
  white  slaver 
  white  slime  mushroom 
  white  snakeroot 
  white  snapdragon 
  white  spanish  broom 
  white  spruce 
  white  squire 
  white  stork 
  white  stringybark 
  white  sturgeon 
  white  supremacist 
  white  supremacy 
  white  sweet  clover 
  white  tai 
  white  tail 
  white  thistle 
  white  tie 
  white  tie  and  tails 
  white  titi 
  white  trash 
  white  trumpet  lily 
  white  turnip 
  white  violet 
  white  vitriol 
  white  walnut 
  white  water 
  white  wax  tree 
  white  whale 
  white  willow 
  white  wine 
  white  wolf 
  white  woman 
  white  wood  aster 
  white  yam 
  white  zinnia 
  whitebait 
  whitebark  pine 
  whitebarked  pine 
  whitecap 
  whitecup 
  whited  sepulcher 
  whited  sepulchre 
  whiteface 
  whitefish 
  whitefly 
  whitehead 
  whitehorse 
  whitelash 
  whiteman's  foot 
  whitener 
  whiteness 
  whitening 
  whiteout 
  whitetail 
  whitetail  antelope  squirrel 
  whitetail  deer 
  whitetail  jackrabbit 
  whitetail  prairie  dog 
  whitethorn 
  whitethroat 
  whitetip  shark 
  whitewash 
  whitewood 
  whitey 
  woodland  white  violet 
  yukon  white  birch 
  zinc  white 
 
  Overview  of  noun  white 
 
  The  noun  white  has  10  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  White,  white  person,  Caucasian  --  (a  member  of  the  Caucasoid  race) 
  2.  (6)  white,  whiteness  --  (the  quality  or  state  of  the  achromatic  color  of  greatest  lightness  (bearing  the  least  resemblance  to  black)) 
  3.  White,  Patrick  White,  Patrick  Victor  Martindale  White  --  (Australian  writer  (1912-1990)) 
  4.  White,  T.  H.  White,  Theodore  Harold  White  --  (United  States  political  journalist  (1915-1986)) 
  5.  White,  Stanford  White  --  (United  States  architect  (1853-1906)) 
  6.  White,  E.  B.  White,  Elwyn  Brooks  White  --  (United  States  writer  noted  for  his  humorous  essays  (1899-1985)) 
  7.  White,  Andrew  D.  White,  Andrew  Dickson  White  --  (United  States  educator  who  in  1865  (with  Ezra  Cornell)  founded  Cornell  University  and  served  as  its  first  president  (1832-1918)) 
  8.  White,  White  River  --  (a  tributary  of  the  Mississippi  River) 
  9.  white  --  ((chess  or  checkers)  the  lighter  pieces) 
  10.  flannel,  gabardine,  tweed,  white  --  ((usually  in  the  plural)  trousers) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  white 
 
  The  verb  white  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  whiten,  white  --  (turn  white;  "This  detergent  will  whiten  your  laundry") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  white 
 
  The  adj  white  has  14  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (65)  white,  achromatic  --  (being  of  the  achromatic  color  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.  (15)  white  --  (of  or  belonging  to  a  racial  group  having  light  skin  coloration;  "voting  patterns  within  the  white  population") 
  3.  white  --  ((of  wine)  almost  colorless;  "white  wines  such  as  chardonnays  or  rieslings";  "a  white  burgundy";  "white  Italian  wines") 
  4.  white  --  (free  from  moral  blemish  or  impurity;  unsullied;  "in  shining  white  armor") 
  5.  white,  snowy  --  (marked  by  the  presence  of  snow;  "a  white  Christmas";  "the  white  hills  of  a  northern  winter") 
  6.  white,  lily-white  --  (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") 
  7.  white,  white-hot  --  (glowing  white  with  heat;  "white  flames";  a  white-hot  center  of  the  fire") 
  8.  white  --  (benevolent;  without  malicious  intent;  "white  magic";  "a  white  lie";  "that's  white  of  you") 
  9.  blank,  clean,  white  --  (of  a  surface;  not  written  or  printed  on  "blank  pages";  "fill  in  the  blank  spaces";  "a  clean  page";  "wide  white  margins") 
  10.  white  --  ((of  coffee)  having  cream  or  milk  added) 
  11.  white  --  (dressed  (or  especially  habited)  in  white;  "white  nuns") 
  12.  white,  whitened  --  ((of  hair)  having  lost  its  color;  "the  white  hairs  of  old  age") 
  13.  ashen,  blanched,  bloodless,  livid,  white  --  (ash-colored  or  anemic  looking  from  illness  or  emotion;  "a  face  turned  ashen";  "the  invalid's  blanched  cheeks";  "tried  to  speak  with  bloodless  lips";  "a  face  livid  with  shock";  "lips...livid  with  the  hue  of  death"-  Mary  W.  Shelley;  "lips  white  with  terror";  "a  face  white  with  rage") 
  14.  white  --  (of  summer  nights  in  northern  latitudes  where  the  sun  barely  sets;  "white  nights") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  white 
 
  14  senses  of  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  white  (vs.  black),  achromatic 
 
  black  (vs.  white),  achromatic 
 
  Sense  2 
  white  (vs.  black) 
 
  black  (vs.  white) 
  =>  African-American,  Afro-American 
  =>  colored,  coloured,  dark,  dark-skinned 
  =>  negro 
  =>  negroid 
 
  Sense  3 
  white  (vs.  red) 
 
  red  (vs.  white) 
 
  Sense  4 
  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  pure)  ->  impure 
 
  Sense  5 
  white,  snowy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  covered)  ->  uncovered 
 
  Sense  6 
  white,  lily-white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  segregated)  ->  integrated 
 
  Sense  7 
  white,  white-hot 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  hot)  ->  cold 
 
  Sense  8 
  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  good)  ->  evil,  wicked 
 
  Sense  9 
  blank,  clean,  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  empty)  ->  full 
 
  Sense  10 
  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  diluted)  ->  undiluted 
 
  Sense  11 
  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  clothed)  ->  unclothed 
 
  Sense  12 
  white,  whitened 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  colorless)  ->  colorful,  colourful 
 
  Sense  13 
  ashen,  blanched,  bloodless,  livid,  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  colorless)  ->  colorful,  colourful 
 
  Sense  14 
  white 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  light)  ->  dark 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  white 
 
  14  senses  of  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  white  (vs.  black),  achromatic 
  =>  albescent 
  Also  See->  light#2,  light-colored#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  white  (vs.  black) 
  =>  caucasian,  caucasoid 
  =>  light-skinned 
 
  Sense  3 
  white  (vs.  red) 
 
  Sense  4 
  white 
  =>  pure  (vs.  impure) 
 
  Sense  5 
  white,  snowy 
  =>  covered  (vs.  uncovered) 
 
  Sense  6 
  white,  lily-white 
  =>  segregated  (vs.  integrated),  unintegrated 
 
  Sense  7 
  white,  white-hot 
  =>  hot  (vs.  cold) 
 
  Sense  8 
  white 
  =>  good  (vs.  evil) 
 
  Sense  9 
  blank,  clean,  white 
  =>  empty  (vs.  full) 
 
  Sense  10 
  white 
  =>  diluted  (vs.  undiluted),  dilute 
 
  Sense  11 
  white 
  =>  clothed  (vs.  unclothed),  clad 
 
  Sense  12 
  white,  whitened 
  =>  colorless  (vs.  colorful),  colourless 
 
  Sense  13 
  ashen,  blanched,  bloodless,  livid,  white 
  =>  colorless  (vs.  colorful),  colourless 
 
  Sense  14 
  white 
  =>  light  (vs.  dark) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  white 
 
  1  of  14  senses  of  white 
 
  Sense  1 
  white  (vs.  black),  achromatic 
  =>  value 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  white 
 
  white  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  14) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  white 
  black-and-white 
  black  and  white 
  lily-white 
  milk-white 
  off-white 
  pearly-white 
  snow-white 
  white 
  white-collar 
  white-haired 
  white-hot 
  white-lipped 
  white-livered 
  white-tie 
  whitened 
  whitewashed 
 
  Overview  of  noun  white 
 
  The  noun  white  has  10  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  White,  white  person,  Caucasian  --  (a  member  of  the  Caucasoid  race) 
  2.  (6)  white,  whiteness  --  (the  quality  or  state  of  the  achromatic  color  of  greatest  lightness  (bearing  the  least  resemblance  to  black)) 
  3.  White,  Patrick  White,  Patrick  Victor  Martindale  White  --  (Australian  writer  (1912-1990)) 
  4.  White,  T.  H.  White,  Theodore  Harold  White  --  (United  States  political  journalist  (1915-1986)) 
  5.  White,  Stanford  White  --  (United  States  architect  (1853-1906)) 
  6.  White,  E.  B.  White,  Elwyn  Brooks  White  --  (United  States  writer  noted  for  his  humorous  essays  (1899-1985)) 
  7.  White,  Andrew  D.  White,  Andrew  Dickson  White  --  (United  States  educator  who  in  1865  (with  Ezra  Cornell)  founded  Cornell  University  and  served  as  its  first  president  (1832-1918)) 
  8.  White,  White  River  --  (a  tributary  of  the  Mississippi  River) 
  9.  white  --  ((chess  or  checkers)  the  lighter  pieces) 
  10.  flannel,  gabardine,  tweed,  white  --  ((usually  in  the  plural)  trousers) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  white 
 
  The  verb  white  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  whiten,  white  --  (turn  white;  "This  detergent  will  whiten  your  laundry") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  white 
 
  The  adj  white  has  14  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (65)  white,  achromatic  --  (being  of  the  achromatic  color  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.  (15)  white  --  (of  or  belonging  to  a  racial  group  having  light  skin  coloration;  "voting  patterns  within  the  white  population") 
  3.  white  --  ((of  wine)  almost  colorless;  "white  wines  such  as  chardonnays  or  rieslings";  "a  white  burgundy";  "white  Italian  wines") 
  4.  white  --  (free  from  moral  blemish  or  impurity;  unsullied;  "in  shining  white  armor") 
  5.  white,  snowy  --  (marked  by  the  presence  of  snow;  "a  white  Christmas";  "the  white  hills  of  a  northern  winter") 
  6.  white,  lily-white  --  (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") 
  7.  white,  white-hot  --  (glowing  white  with  heat;  "white  flames";  a  white-hot  center  of  the  fire") 
  8.  white  --  (benevolent;  without  malicious  intent;  "white  magic";  "a  white  lie";  "that's  white  of  you") 
  9.  blank,  clean,  white  --  (of  a  surface;  not  written  or  printed  on  "blank  pages";  "fill  in  the  blank  spaces";  "a  clean  page";  "wide  white  margins") 
  10.  white  --  ((of  coffee)  having  cream  or  milk  added) 
  11.  white  --  (dressed  (or  especially  habited)  in  white;  "white  nuns") 
  12.  white,  whitened  --  ((of  hair)  having  lost  its  color;  "the  white  hairs  of  old  age") 
  13.  ashen,  blanched,  bloodless,  livid,  white  --  (ash-colored  or  anemic  looking  from  illness  or  emotion;  "a  face  turned  ashen";  "the  invalid's  blanched  cheeks";  "tried  to  speak  with  bloodless  lips";  "a  face  livid  with  shock";  "lips...livid  with  the  hue  of  death"-  Mary  W.  Shelley;  "lips  white  with  terror";  "a  face  white  with  rage") 
  14.  white  --  (of  summer  nights  in  northern  latitudes  where  the  sun  barely  sets;  "white  nights") 



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