Whiteout

//ˌwaɪtˈaʊt//

Synonyms for "whiteout" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (3)

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Translations

18 translations across 7 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 乳白天空 noun (weather condition)
  • 暴風雪 /暴风雪 noun (heavy snowstorm)

Finnish

3 entries
  • lumisokeus noun (weather condition)
  • myräkkä noun (heavy snowstorm)
  • whiteout noun (weather condition)

French

4 entries
  • blanc dehors noun (heavy snowstorm)
  • blanc dehors noun (weather condition)
  • jour blanc noun (weather condition)
  • temps laiteux noun (weather condition)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 猛吹雪 noun (heavy snowstorm)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́лая мгла noun (weather condition)
  • бура́н noun (heavy snowstorm)
  • пурга́ noun (heavy snowstorm)
  • сне́жная бу́ря noun (heavy snowstorm)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • mećava noun (heavy snowstorm)

Swedish

2 entries
  • flatljus noun (weather condition)
  • snörök noun (weather condition)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Do you have any whiteout? I left mine at home.

Source: tatoeba (10196816)

A whiteout can best be described as a paradoxical combination of being partially blind, but also being able to see illusions of things. It is like floundering in a sea of cotton; everything looks blurred and white.

Source: wiktionary

Despite the media whiteout, we believe our weapon flashing had communicated the important political message that the nuclear mentality and the masculine mentality are intimately connected.

Source: wiktionary

The slightest reference to national security is accepted as excuse enough for a news whiteout.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.