BLACK-AND-WHITE Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

black-and-white

adjective

Definition of black-and-white

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Recent Examples of black-and-white At the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan, Gary Tyler points to a black-and-white quilt that's based on a photo. — Sea Stachura, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 The manga Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima is much easier to read thanks to the format’s smaller pages and black-and-white art. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 Wiig paired a glossy red pump, featuring a black cap toe, with a black-and-white strapless Chanel minidress and matching cardigan. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 The post included a photo of the couple cutting a celebratory cake together, along with an undated black-and-white throwback photo from earlier in their relationship. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for black-and-white

Recent Examples of Synonyms for black-and-white

Adjective

The customer can still say yes, but the tradeoff is explicit.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
An Indiana man was arrested this summer for allegedly stalking Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and sending her threatening and explicit messages on social media.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of explicit

Adjective

The goal is to prevent property from being clear-cut for development and to preserve as many healthy trees as possible.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026
Still, with average hourly earnings showing no signs of a wage-price spiral, the picture is not clear-cut.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of clear-cut

Adjective

Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and the minimalists learned from Brancusi’s serial imagery and the anonymity of his luminous, streamlined forms.

— Michael Brenson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026
The simple-but-elegant cut was made even more glamorous by the luminous nature of the fabric, which glittered underneath the lights on Friday’s red carpet.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of luminous

Adjective

But a key rationale for eligibility rules is to establish bright-line, predictable rules that should promote fair play and competition, with colleges, coaches and athletes treated similarly in similar situations.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But each decision is fact-specific, and there are few bright-line rules.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of bright-line

Adjective

The subtle, but unmistakable, undercurrent of apple sweetness struck me as a bit of a magic trick in a bread that, otherwise, to the eye and hand was just a soft white loaf.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
The vamp features an unmistakable signature of the Italian house, a horsebit.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of unmistakable

Adjective

The best, the least mediocre, unfortunately, is Tadao Ando, the better of whose work derives from Kahn, the plain modular rectangles made of concrete framed by verticals and, less clear even in Kahn, the geometric cuts and sections.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Here is a plain-language guide to what the tiny beads do, where the practice came from and what the research shows.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of plain

Adjective

Ideas can be measured through semantic distance, which is a way of quantifying how distinct individual concepts are.

— Roger Beaty, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Netflix logged 21 positions spread over 18 series, the broadest range of distinct titles of the platforms the report examined.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

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