Synonyms of bleached

bleached 1 of 2

adjective

as in faded

Related Words

• faded
• gray
• palish
• washed-out
• washy
• liquid
• pallid
• pale
• limpid
• white
• lucent
• pellucid
• transparent
• neutral
• faint
• undyed
• unstained
• uncolored
• colorless
• unpainted
• whited
• clear
• snow-white
• dull
• tintless
• snowy

Dissimilar Words

• colored
• stained
• dyed
• painted
• tinted
• hued
• pigmented
• tinged
• tinct
• colorful
• colorized
• multicolored
• variegated
• tinctured
• polychromatic
• varicolored
• polychrome

bleached

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bleach

as in brightened

to make white or whiter by removing color

bleached the stained shirt back to its original white

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faded
• brightened
• whitened
• decolorized
• blanched
• dulled
• paled
• blenched
• snowed
• dimmed
• lightened
• washed out
• matted
• frosted
• whitewashed
• silvered
• etiolated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• deepened
• blackened
• shaded
• mottled
• painted
• discolored
• dyed
• streaked
• striped
• stained
• patterned
• spotted
• speckled
• tarnished
• colored
• flecked
• marbled
• blotched
• striated
• tinted
• variegated
• tinged
• pigmented
• checkered
• daubed
• embrowned
• polished
• splotched
• dappled
• shone
• specked
• burnished
• polychromed
• tinctured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bleached

Adjective

In the trailer, Paulson appeared in a blue jacket with scraggly blonde waves and bleached eyebrows—and, very possibly, a few prosthetics. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026

Spain’s talisman was Lamine Yamal, its nineteen-year-old right winger, who plays the game with bleached tips, implausible speed, and nonchalance, but its superego was Rodri, the team’s central midfielder and captain. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Dressed in a graphic T-shirt and trousers to start, Kelly strode through Washington Square Park with eye-catching bleached tips. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 July 2026

Original Tuscan columns on the facade were preserved, while interior crown moldings were restored and paired with bleached hardwood chevron floors, new chandeliers, and mantlepieces. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 July 2026

Nippon Dynawave employs hundreds to produce bleached paperboard that is used to make cartons and containers for products like juice and milk. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 May 2026

Symptoms of too much sun include browning at the outside edges of leaves and dull, bleached or faded colors. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026

Jenner styled the look with bleached brows and statement diamond jewelry. — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026

Just seven days’ exposure to shipping noise weakens the immune systems of blue mussels; but a process called acoustic enrichment, broadcasting the sound of a healthy reef, can attract marine life back to a bleached one, restitching the acoustic fabric of an entire ecosystem. — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026

Verb

Corals – which have been severely bleached along the entire Tanzanian coastline, and largely wiped out around Zanzibar – are being replanted, to try to grow new populations. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

There have also been concerns over toilet paper that is bleached, as bleaching can create dioxins, and concerns over toilet paper that includes formaldehyde, a carcinogen. — Jillian Pretzel, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Once they are recovered, the remains are often sun-bleached, scavenged and without any recognizable features, Kaplan said. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Inside, the scenery is far more elaborate than in its outdoor counterparts as there is no danger of it getting bleached by the sun or blowing away. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Their typically bright coral feathers were white, as if they had been bleached. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

To step into the role of ex-convict Max Cady for Apple TV’s retelling of Cape Fear, the Oscar winner, 57, bleached his hair, wore green contact lenses and sported some tattoos. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Light, almost bleached, jeans and white denim are having a main-character moment in 2026. — René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 9 July 2026

Wet grass is susceptible to fungal infections like rust disease, dollar spot, and red thread, which can cause bleached or dead grass or orange spots on individual blades of grass. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 July 2026