white-faced

adjective

ˈ(h)wīt-ˈfāst 

1

: having the face white in whole or in part

—used especially of an animal otherwise dark in color

2

: having a wan pale face

Examples of white-faced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2026

The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands. — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025

Trail cameras documented white-faced partridges four times in 2018 and once in 2021, the study said and photos show. — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025

So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced capuchin confused Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. — Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for white-faced

• abased
• barefaced
• debased
• defaced
• disgraced
• displaced
• distaste
• effaced
• embraced
• emplaced
• encased
• erased