Entry Word: whiten

Function: verb

Meaning: to make white or whiter by removing color <years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag>

Synonyms blanch, bleach, blench, decolorize, dull, fade, pale, wash out

Related Words brighten, lighten; dim, matte (also mat or matt); whitewash; frost, silver

Near Antonyms blacken; blotch, discolor, mottle, shade, splotch, spot, tarnish; color, dye, paint, stain, tinge, tint; burnish, polish, shine

Antonyms darken, deepen