SNOW-WHITE Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

snow-white

adjective

Definition of snow-white

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

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Adjective

The Old Farmer's Almanac said that the snowiest periods will be in late November, early and in the middle of January, early and late February, and late in March.

— Victoria E. Freile, The Providence Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
There’s a bleak snowy field in Munich after the 1958 air disaster, a huge 1968 colour picture of a toothless Nobby Stiles parading the European Cup with his sidekick Paddy Crerand equally jubilant.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of snowy

Adjective

At the scene Friday night, a gray electric Citi Bike could be seen lodged beneath the wheels of a truck belonging to Badger Daylighting, a company specializing in hydrovac excavation whose NYC headquarters are located in the Bronx.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
Trotter’s husband, a farmer, was to block traffic by driving ahead in their gray pickup truck; their five-year-old son and infant daughter were along for the ride.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 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

Rooms and suites are classically decorated, with cream linens, tan-colored leather headboards, and pale hardwood floors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The same pale pink plaid print that appeared in Collina Strada’s fall 2026 show resurfaced in its Garden Pop rug and Plaid Garden sofa.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of pale

Adjective

Switzerland, which has long remained neutral in international military conflicts, also moved to adopt a security policy on Friday that would protect itself from a future Russian attack.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Unlike its ghost and black cat pillow counterparts, the pumpkin works as Halloween décor but is still neutral enough to keep out past October 31.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of neutral

Adjective

With the Marlins clinging to faint playoff hopes, Alcantara came out of the bullpen for the first time in nine years and closed out a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
To answer these questions, a team of astronomers searched further afield, looking for faint satellite galaxies around three galaxies.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of faint

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

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