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What is the adjective for white?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs white, whiten, whitenize and whitify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

white
  1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
  2. (capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  3. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
  4. Relatively light or pale in colour.
  5. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
  6. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
  7. (coffee) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
  8. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
  9. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
  10. Honourable, fair; decent.
  11. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
  12. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
  13. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
  14. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
  15. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
  16. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
  17. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
  18. Synonyms:
      19. pale, gray, grey, pasty, waxen, chalky, milky, chalk-white, colorless, colourless, drawn, pasty-faced, peaky, whey-faced, bleached, wheyfaced, blanched, fair, light, pearly, pallid, ashen, wan, sallow, bloodless, anaemic, sickly, anemic, drained, whitish, ashy, deathlike, ghostly, alabaster, creamy, etiolated, ivory, peaked, waxy, livid, cream, sapped, deathly, washed out, doughy, paled, cadaverous, silvery, fair-skinned, milk-white … more
  19. Examples:
      20. “The queen asked for a daughter with hair as black as ebony, lips as red as blood, and skin as white as snow.”
      “His face would turn white from the loss of blood.”
      “It is festooned with masses of clusters of white flowers which give a thick, heady scent.”
whitecapped
  1. (poetic) Capped with whiteness (such as snow or sea foam).
  2. Examples:
      3. “A gale had come up, turning the surface of the sea to whitecapped, agitated chop.”
      “The sea was lathering into a whitecapped chop and the wind was piping up.”
      “Snow whipped past the windows and whitecapped, steel-gray waves battered the sides, disturbing the ship's rhythmic rocking from front to back and side to side, making it something entirely unpredictable.”
whiteless
  1. Lacking white; (of the eyes) lacking (visible) whites.
  2. Examples:
      3. “In those grave, whiteless eyes and sad small mouth live the eternal sorrows and joys and the whole destiny of man.”
      “Outliers to the south of this ridge are Ard Crags, Knott Rigg, Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts, while Barrow and Outerside stand to the north.”
whitehaired
  1. Having white hair, especially from ageing.
whitish
  1. Somewhat white, pale or almost white.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pale, pallid, wan, ashen, pasty, white, colourless, sickly, bloodless, anaemic, sallow, waxen, blanched, grey, chalky, peaky, ashy, gray, cadaverous, drained, peaked, milky, livid, deathlike, colorless, etiolated, ghastly, bleached, doughy, peakish, waxy, pinched, lurid, lymphatic, paled, anemic, sick, mealy, haggard, fair, alabaster, creamy, ivory, green, cream, spectral, waxlike, pasty-faced, chalk-white, whey-faced … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Indonesians cultivate it as a garden vegetable and recognize numerous forms, including a large whitish one and smaller green ones.”
      “Add the prawn cutlets and toss until they are just sealed and turn a whitish pink colour.”
      “Frostbitten skin initially turns red, then it takes on a whitish, waxy appearance.”
whitelike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of white people.
whitely
  1. (now rare, Scotland) White; pale. [from 14th c.]
whiteish
  1. Alternative form of whitish
whiter
  1. comparative form of white: more white
  2. Synonyms:
      3. paler, grayer, greyer, pastier, chalkier, milkier, peakier, fairer, lighter, pearlier, more waxen, more colorless, more colourless, more drawn, more bleached, more blanched, pallider, wanner, deathlier, ghostlier, sallower, sicklier, ghastlier, more ashen, more bloodless, more anaemic, more jaundiced, more deathlike, more drained, more anemic, more etiolated, more washed out, snowier, clearer, more unpigmented, more milk-white, more tintless, more transparent, more achromatic, more achromic, more natural, more neutral, benigner, safer … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Block 18 is of whiter material, probably a sandstone, badly eroded, and contains the remains of an octofoil, with hollow center.”
      “They have better upholstery, they're adequately airbrushed and their teeth are whiter than white.”
      “She looked understandably anxious, her pale face whiter than her greying hair which flopped towards her eyes.”
whitest
  1. superlative form of white: most white
  2. Synonyms:
      3. palest, grayest, greyest, pastiest, chalkiest, milkiest, peakiest, fairest, lightest, pearliest, most waxen, most colorless, most colourless, most drawn, most bleached, most blanched, pallidest, wannest, deathliest, ghostliest, sallowest, sickliest, ghastliest, most ashen, most bloodless, most anaemic, most jaundiced, most deathlike, most drained, most anemic, most etiolated, most washed out, snowiest, clearest, most unpigmented, most milk-white, most tintless, most transparent, most achromatic, most achromic, most natural, most neutral, benignest, safest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It was made of the whitest silky material, with panels of lace on the bodice and right round the full skirt.”
      “In the middle of the lawn was a basin of whitest marble, graven with marvellous art.”
      “And the wimble was so hot that it was as white as the whitest moon you ever saw.”
whited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of white
whiting
  1. present participle of white
whitened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of whiten
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blanched, faded, bleached, paled, decolorized, lightened, blenched, dulled, snowed, snew, snown, etiolated, decolored, frosted, whitewashed, washed out, went white, gone white, became pale, become pale, made pale, became white, become white, turned pale, made white, turned pallid, turned white, peroxided, decoloured, fainted, went pale, gone pale, grew pale, grown pale, discolored, tarnished, softened, achromatized, evanished, discoloured, drained of color, made pallid, lost luster, lost color, lost its colour, become washed out, become pallid, wanned, greyed, grayed … more
whitening
  1. present participle of whiten
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blanching, fading, bleaching, paling, decolorizing, lightening, blenching, dulling, snowing, etiolating, decoloring, whiting, frosting, whitewashing, washing out, going white, becoming pale, making pale, becoming white, turning pale, making white, going pale, growing pale, turning pallid, turning white, peroxiding, decolouring, fainting, waning, discoloring, tarnishing, softening, achromatizing, evanishing, discolouring, draining of color, making pallid, losing color, growing dull, losing luster, losing its colour, becoming washed out, growing pallid, going pallid, becoming pallid, growing white, graying, greying, draining, neutralizing … more
whitenized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of whitenize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whitified
whitenizing
  1. present participle of whitenize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whitifying
whitified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of whitify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whitenized
whitifying
  1. present participle of whitify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whitenizing
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