snow-white

adjective

Definition of snow-whitenext
as in snowy

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Recent Examples of snow-white The two-mile loop takes between two and three hours to complete and provides expansive views of the rippling snow-white gypsum dunes. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Not with this Rollie, whose abyss-black or snow-white dial hosts three hands and hour markers that, like a bioluminescent deep-sea creature, emit a blue glow in the absence of light. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 On one side stood a dozen or so cages occupied by snow-white rats. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Bone-in ham steak flops over the rim of its plate, and the table surface is erased when an entrée’s sidekicks — yeast-fragrant rolls the size of baseballs, a green salad practically obscured by a snow-white dollop of the house dressing — are dropped off. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snow-white
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snow-white
  1. snowy
  2. gray
  3. pallid
  4. pale
  5. neutral
  6. faint
  7. bleached
Adjective
  • He was transfixed by the climbing tools hanging from the walls, and by the photographs of the store’s owners scaling snowy peaks in Alaska.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Can Boise residents expect cold, snowy weather this winter — or warm, dry conditions?
    — Hali Smith October 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of snowy
Adjective
  • Robinson, wearing a light gray suit, uncuffed and unshackled, did not address the court.
    — Michael Ruiz , Jamie Vera, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Attias stood in the hotel lobby, whose design leans toward gray, black, white, earth tones and chrome.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • The pallid grayness of Mike Eley’s cinematography is probably supposed to mimic the finality of HIV/AIDS taking hold, but there’s no passion aesthetically to counterbalance what becomes absolute misery onscreen to watch.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Young people in particular have soured on the technology over the last year, a development that may at least partially be explained by a pallid entry-level job market.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pallid
Adjective
  • Teghaza 001 is made mostly of feldspar, a pale mineral common in the crusts of rocky planets.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The pale pink shoes feature a square toe, a dainty bow at the vamp, lace-up ribbon ties around the ankle, and with the addition of a transparent heel, which are still on trend nearly two decades later.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of pale
Adjective
  • On cue, most neutral political analysts and dedicated pollsters believe the same outcome is imminent for 2026.
    — John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Designed in bluish-grey and neutral hues, my suite was awash in teak and marble.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutral
Adjective
  • This transition emits a faint radio wave at a wavelength of 21 centimeters.
    — Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • From a genuinely dark location, M31 can be spotted with the naked eye as a faint patch.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of faint
Adjective
  • Collins and his colleagues also tested different durations of contact between healthy and bleached corals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Applying silver color directly onto bleached yellow hair is a recipe for green strands.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of bleached

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“Snow-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snow-white. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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