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soup‡on, suspicion: There was never the slightest whisper of
gossip about Eleanor.
white adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy,
milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary: Many
buildings in the tropics are painted white. Do you believe that
a person's hair can turn white overnight? 2 pale, pallid, pasty,
wan, whey-faced, ashen, bloodless, drained, whitish, waxen,
ghastly, ghostly, anaemic, dead white, deathly white,
cadaverous, corpse-like: Her black dress contrasted starkly
with her white complexion. 3 innocent, pure, unsullied,
stainless, unblemished, spotless, immaculate, virginal,
virtuous, undefiled, chaste: She came to you with white hands,
which you have sought to dirty with your vicious accusations. 4
Caucasian, Caucasoid, light-skinned, fair-skinned,
pale-complexioned: The American Indian was - and still is -
treated very unfairly by the White man.
whitewash v. gloss over, cover up, sugar-coat, hide, camouflage, conceal,
qualify, minimize, extenuate, diminish, play down, downplay,
make light of, rationalize, excuse: We are being accused of
whitewashing the dishonest actions of the previous
administration.
whittle v. 1 pare (down or away), shave, trim, cut, carve, hew, shape:
Remember when Grandpapa used to whittle those tiny figures of
elves when we were children? 2 Usually, whittle away at or down.
pare, shave, cut, trim, reduce, diminish, erode, eat away at:
If he keeps whittling away at his trust fund, he might have to
get a job.
whole adj. 1 entire, complete, uncut, full, intact, unbroken, total:
I can't believe she ate the whole chicken. Were you here the
whole time? 2 in one piece, intact, unharmed, undamaged,
unscathed, unimpaired, unhurt, uninjured: How could anyone
emerge whole from that smash-up? 3 well, healthy, sound, fit,
strong: The surgeons have made him whole again.
--n. 4 everything, aggregate, (sum) total, totality, lot,
entirety; ensemble; Colloq whole kit and caboodle: I look at
the whole and don't bother about petty details. 5 on the whole.
largely, mostly, usually, more often than not, for the most
part, in general, generally, by and large, with few exceptions,