Synonyms of whitish

whitish

adjective

as in white

Related Words

• white
• chalky
• pale
• ashy
• ashen
• mousy
• faded
• palish
• sandy
• livid
• sad
• chocolate
• grayish
• sepia
• colorless
• dun
• achromatic
• dull
• neutral
• dirty
• washed-out
• silvery
• gray
• slaty
• hoary
• grizzled
• silver
• hoar
• brindled
• slate
• pewter
• leaden
• steely
• argentine

Dissimilar Words

• rich
• bright
• deep
• colored
• gay
• chromatic
• colorful
• multicolored
• varicolored
• variegated
• polychromatic
• ablaze
• polychrome
• motley

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whitish

The larvae are about 1/4-inch long, with noticeable shiny black heads and elongated, whitish-transparent bodies. — Leah Chester-Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026

Berries/fruits appear in loose drooping clusters and contain a single seed, and are hard and whitish. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 10 July 2026

Patients sometimes reported seeing unusual bluish or whitish colors after their cloudy natural lens was removed. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Symptoms include angular red, purple, or brown lesions on the upper surfaces of leaves, often between veins, with whitish fungal growth on the undersides. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026

This smooth-leafed cousin of the prickly Christmas-style holly has whitish-green flowers in spring before the dark berries that give the shrub its name appear in late summer and early fall. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026

And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026

Quivering along the frill of brownish gray and whitish yellow stripes skirting her foot, the epipodial tentacles are pale silver and waving, numbering over a hundred, electrifying her whole body with tastes, smells, vibrations from above, behind, everywhere. — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026

For example, whitish nails might indicate a vitamin deficiency or liver disease. — Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026