Synonyms of bleaching

bleaching

verb

present participle of bleach

as in fading

to make white or whiter by removing color

bleached the stained shirt back to its original white

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fading
• brightening
• whitening
• decolorizing
• blanching
• dulling
• paling
• snowing
• lightening
• dimming
• blenching
• washing out
• matting
• frosting
• whitewashing
• silvering
• etiolating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deepening
• darkening
• blackening
• shading
• dyeing
• discoloring
• streaking
• staining
• tarnishing
• spotting
• mottling
• blotching
• striping
• patterning
• painting
• flecking
• dappling
• speckling
• daubing
• tinting
• marbling
• coloring
• variegating
• polishing
• pigmenting
• specking
• shining
• embrowning
• tingeing
• checkering
• splotching
• burnishing
• striating
• polychroming
• tincturing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bleaching

Nolasco said a taper is the favorite haircut these days and there’s also players bleaching their hair blond for the playoffs. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026

Justine Skye took this mousy brown look to the next level by bleaching her brows to match. — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 May 2026

She was also reportedly seen bleaching the inside of her car. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026

Once in a while, black flats compress the space, framing a single character’s face, bathed in a bleaching white light, as if their vulnerabilities were being scanned by an MRI. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026

The figure skater actually began bleaching her own hair with a paintbrush—and only brought in a professional right before the 2026 Winter Olympics. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026

Fierce sunlight bleaching the stones of the old city, blinding the passengers as porters in white kaffiyehs and djellabas stack their portmanteaus on donkey carts. — Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026

His inability to recognize the oxymoron makes Cole’s introspection on this topic feel less like a genuine reckoning and more like a feeble attempt at bleaching out the darkest stains of his career. — Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026

For White, Bleach-Safe Clothing Gagliardi says to always avoid bleaching clothing made from materials like wool, silk, mohair, leather, and spandex—even if the item is white. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026