Whiteness

Whiteness
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Whiteness->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ whiteness
whiteness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ argent
argent
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ albification
albification
etiolation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ lactescence
lactescence
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ snow
snow
paper
chalk
milk
lily
ivory
alabaster
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ albata
albata
eburin
German silver
white metal
barium sulphate
titanium oxide
blanc fixe
ceruse
pearl white
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ white lead
white lead
carbonate of lead
PARAG:Whiteness->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be white
be white
&c.->Adj.
render white
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ whiten
whiten
bleach
blanch
etiolate
whitewash
silver
PARAG:Whiteness->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ white
white
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ milk-white
milk-white
snow-white
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ snowy
snowy
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ niveous
niveous
candid
chalky
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ hoar
hoar
hoary
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ silvery
silvery
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ argent
argent
argentine
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ canescent
canescent
cretaceous
lactescent
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ whitish
whitish
creamy
pearly
fair
blond
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ blanched
blanched
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ high in tone
high in tone
light
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ white as a sheet
white as a sheet
white as driven snow
white as a lily
white as silver
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ like ivory
like ivory
&c.->N.

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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