variants
or less commonly nonwhite
1
: not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
non-white immigrants
non-white Alaskans
2
: not of the color white
… I was standing at the very top of the ladder and stretching to paint over the last non-white spot on the ceiling …—
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variants
or less commonly nonwhite
plural non-whites also nonwhites
: a person who is not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
Examples of non-white in a Sentence
Noun
The program is even less popular among nonwhites.
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Sable Yong, Allure, 11 June 2026
That debate was scrapped amid complaints the organizers excluded all of the non-white candidates, while allowing the low-polling San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan in.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Lewis and Clark appear in a pan across a painting from the Wikipedia page of their unmentioned Hidatsa guide, Sacagawea—the only woman, the only Indigenous person, the only non-white person in the video.
—Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026
And like Limbaugh, who built himself from a radio shock jock to a media titan by feeding listeners’ grievances, Fuentes tells his audience a story that encourages them to channel their anxieties and frustrations into disdain and hate for women and non-white people.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
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Adjective
This is not necessarily a new sentiment for those familiar with the intersectional politics of beauty amongst non-white cultures.
—Sable Yong, Allure, 11 June 2026
That debate was scrapped amid complaints the organizers excluded all of the non-white candidates, while allowing the low-polling San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan in.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Lewis and Clark appear in a pan across a painting from the Wikipedia page of their unmentioned Hidatsa guide, Sacagawea—the only woman, the only Indigenous person, the only non-white person in the video.
—Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026
And like Limbaugh, who built himself from a radio shock jock to a media titan by feeding listeners’ grievances, Fuentes tells his audience a story that encourages them to channel their anxieties and frustrations into disdain and hate for women and non-white people.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
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“Non-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-white. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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