The whiteness of the lily is a symbol of purity.
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Whiteness
/ˈwaɪtnəs/
Synonyms for "whiteness" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (23)
Related word relations
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More general
15 entriesachromatic colorachromatic colourcolor attributecolor measurementcomplexionconditioncultural meaningoptical propertyracial categoryskin colorskin coloursocial constructspectral metricstatussymbolic meaning
More specific
6 entriesmoral superiorityracial essentialismracial hierarchyspectral whitenesswhite privilegewhiteness index
Collocations
6 entriescultural whitenessracial whitenesswhite privilegewhite supremacywhiteness as normwhiteness studies
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 4 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- blankheid noun (quality of being white)
- witheid noun (quality of being white)
Esperanto
1 entries- blankeco noun (quality of being white)
French
3 entries- blancheur noun (quality of being white)
- blanchitude noun (quality of being white)
- blanchité noun (quality of being white)
Portuguese
1 entries- branquitude noun (quality of being white)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom admired the pearly whiteness of the fabric.
Source: tatoeba (4298519)
And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part; so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness; but the parts that were whole remained green; and by this means the colour was divers.
Source: tatoeba (7821454)
She tossed off her little V. A. D. cap, and I admired the great loose waves of her auburn hair, and the smallness and whiteness of the hand she held out to claim her tea.
Source: tatoeba (8825717)
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