Synonyms of the word whiten


WHITENCOLOR - COLOUR - DISCOLOR - DISCOLOUR - WHITE

whiten

  • v. (ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

color

  • n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
  • n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
  • n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
  • n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
  • n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
  • n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
  • n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
  • n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
  • n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
  • n. The system of color television.
  • n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
  • n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
  • n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
  • n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
  • n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
  • n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
  • n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
  • n. An appearance of right or authority.
  • n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
  • adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
  • v. To give something color.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
  • v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
  • v. To affect without completely changing.
  • v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
  • v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…

colour

  • n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
  • n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
  • n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
  • n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
  • n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
  • n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
  • n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
  • n. The system of colour television.
  • n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
  • n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
  • n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
  • n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
  • n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
  • n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
  • n. An appearance of right or authority.
  • n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
  • adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
  • v. To give something colour.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
  • v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
  • v. To affect without completely changing.
  • v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
  • v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…

discolor

  • v. (American) To change or lose color.

discolour

  • v. (British spelling, Canadian, transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of discolor (US).

white

  • adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
  • adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  • adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
  • adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
  • adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
  • adj. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
  • adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
  • adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong…
  • adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
  • adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
  • adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
  • adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
  • adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
  • adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
  • adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
  • adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
  • adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said…
  • n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
  • n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  • n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
  • n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
  • n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
  • n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) White wine.
  • n. (slang) Cocaine.
  • n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which…
  • n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
  • n. A white pigment.
  • v. (transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

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