Definitions

whitish

[hwahy-tish, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ tɪʃ, ˈwaɪ- /

ADJECTIVE

fair

Synonyms

STRONG

argent blanched bleached blond blonde faded light pale pearly sallow white

WEAK

chalky colorless creamy fair-haired fair-skinned flaxen-haired milky pale-faced pallid silvery snowy tow-haired tow-headed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

tanned tawny

STRONG

brunette dark darkened

ADJECTIVE

hoary

Synonyms

WEAK

frosty gray-haired graying salt and pepper silvery snowy-haired white-haired

ADJECTIVE

ivory

Synonyms

STRONG

alabaster argent blond blonde light neutral pale pearly sallow white

WEAK

blanched bleached chalky colorless creamy faded fair-haired fair-skinned flaxen-haired milky pale-faced pallid silvery snowy tow-haired tow-headed

Antonyms

STRONG

black bright brunette colorful dark

ADJECTIVE

milky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frosted opaque pearly

WEAK

alabaster clouded lacteal lacteous lactescent milk-white opalescent opaline

Antonyms

WEAK

black blackish dark

ADJECTIVE

pale

Synonyms

STRONG

blanched bleached dim dull faded faint gray haggard pasty poor sallow sick thin wan white

WEAK

anemic ashen ashy bloodless cadaverous colorless deathlike doughy feeble ghastly inadequate ineffective ineffectual insubstantial livid lurid pallid sickly spectral unsubstantial washed-out waxen waxlike weak

Antonyms

STRONG

bright clear colored colorful dark distinct flushed happy healthy heavy intelligent light smart strong

WEAK

glowing radiant

ADJECTIVE

pallid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anemic feeble ghastly lackluster sickly uninspired

WEAK

ashen ashy blanched bloodless colorless dull faded gray lifeless pasty sallow spiritless wan weak

Antonyms

STRONGEST

healthy hearty strong

ADJECTIVE

snowy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chalky

WEAK

fair pale pallid sallow

ADJECTIVE

towheaded

Synonyms

WEAK

argent blanched bleached blond blonde chalky colorless creamy faded fair-haired fair-skinned flaxen-haired light milky neutral pale pale-faced pallid pearly sallow silvery snowy tow-haired tow-headed white

ADJECTIVE

waterish

Synonyms

WEAK

anemic ashen ashy blanched bleached bloodless cadaverous colorless deathlike dim doughy dull faded faint feeble ghastly gray haggard inadequate ineffective ineffectual insubstantial livid lurid pallid pasty poor sallow sick sickly spectral thin unsubstantial wan washed-out watery waxen waxlike weak white

ADJECTIVE

waxen

Synonyms

WEAK

ashen blanched ghostly pallid pasty white

Antonyms

WEAK

unimpressionable

ADJECTIVE

waxy

Synonyms

STRONG

waxen

WEAK

ashen blanched ghostly pallid pasty white

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Its large, whitish larvae seemed like a strong match for many of the pale gusanos seen in mezcal bottles.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

He groans in pain, his eyes shut and face covered in whitish spots left behind by the healing sores.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

It may begin with loss of sensation on whitish patches of skin or reddened skin.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024

Whereas coralline algae form thin, hard crusts that are pink or whitish, peyssonnelid algae make thicker, brown or dark red crusts that are often a little squishy above a hard base.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 6, 2023

The worst part was seeing people with ugly whitish scars.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ish

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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ish