Synonyms of 'white'

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1 (adjective) in the sense of pale

Definition

pale, because of illness, fear, shock, or another emotion

He turned white and began to stammer.

Synonyms

pale

She looked pale and tired.

grey

His face was grey with pain.

ghastly

She looked ghastly - frail, thin and colourless.

wan

He looked wan and tired.

pasty

My complexion remained pale and pasty.

bloodless

Her face was grey and bloodless.

pallid

His thin, pallid face broke into a smile.

ashen

He fell back, shocked, his face ashen.

waxen

His skin was waxen and pale and his eyes were sunken.

like death warmed up (informal)

wheyfaced

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2 (adjective) in the sense of silver

Definition

(of hair) having lost its colour, usually from age

an old man with white hair

Synonyms

silver

He had thick silver hair which needed cutting.

grey

a grey old man

snowy

grizzled

a stranger with grey, grizzled hair

a grizzled old warrior

hoary

hoary beards

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idiom

See whiter than white

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in the sense of ashen

Definition

pale with shock

He fell back, shocked, his face ashen.

Synonyms

pale,

white,

grey,

wan,

livid,

pasty,

leaden,

colourless,

pallid,

anaemic,

ashy,

like death warmed up (informal)

in the sense of bloodless

Definition

anaemic-looking

Her face was grey and bloodless.

Synonyms

pale,

white,

wan,

sickly,

pasty,

colourless,

pallid,

anaemic,

ashen,

chalky,

sallow,

ashy,

like death warmed up (informal)

in the sense of ghastly

Definition

deathly pale

She looked ghastly - frail, thin and colourless.

Synonyms

pale,

white,

washed-out,

wan,

livid,

pasty,

pallid,

anaemic,

ashen,

sallow,

cadaverous,

like death warmed up,

deathlike,

deathly pale

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knew or new?

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They've just opened a knew hotel nearby. They've just opened a new hotel nearby.

coarse or course?

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The path led down to a beach of coarse sand. The path led down to a beach of course sand.

sang or sung?

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He has danced and sang on the telly. He has danced and sung on the telly.

rap or wrap?

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wrap

rap

Donna decided to the presents before she left.

sew or sow?

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Sow

Sew

the seeds in early March.

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hair or hare?

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I wash my hair every night. I wash my hare every night.

came or come?

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come

came

The time has for us to move on.

fir or fur?

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It was a thick wood of fir and oak trees. It was a thick wood of fur and oak trees.

suite or sweet?

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sweet

suite

I made myself a mug of tea.

base or bass?

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base

bass

For most of the spring and early summer her was her home in Scotland.

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Synonyms of 'white'

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