WHITENESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does whiteness mean?
• WHITENESS (noun)
The noun WHITENESS has 3 senses:
1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
3. lightness or fairness of complexion
Familiarity information: WHITENESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WHITENESS (noun)
Meaning:
The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
whiteness; white
Hypernyms ("whiteness" is a kind of...):
achromatic color; achromatic colour (a color lacking hue; white or grey or black)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiteness"):
alabaster (a very light white)
bleach (the whiteness that results from removing the color from something)
bone; ivory; off-white; pearl (a shade of white the color of bleached bones)
chalk (a pure flat white with little reflectance)
frostiness; hoariness (a silvery-white color)
Meaning:
The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sinlessness; innocence; pureness; purity; whiteness
Hypernyms ("whiteness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiteness"):
cleanness (without moral defects)
Meaning:
Lightness or fairness of complexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering
Hypernyms ("whiteness" is a kind of...):
complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)
