WHITE-FACED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

white-faced

adjective

Definition of white-faced

as in whey-faced

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Recent Examples of white-faced Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2026 The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands. — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2025 Trail cameras documented white-faced partridges four times in 2018 and once in 2021, the study said and photos show. — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025 So the image of an infant howler monkey clinging to the back of a white-faced capuchin confused Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. — Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 19 May 2025

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Adjective

Then the fingers at the ends of those long, thin, untanned arms would attack the keys with the furiously proficient ardor of a Rubinstein or a Rubirosa.

— Richard Corliss, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
Papyrus scrolls were made of parchment, an untanned animal skin -- not paper.

— Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2020

Definition of untanned

Adjective

City looked anemic in their Community Shield warmup last weekend, going down in defeat 3-0 against Arsenal in a blowout that exposed a few weaknesses in Maresca’s midfield.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The political response to Columbia’s campus closure has ranged from supportive (in Adams’s case) to tacit tolerance or anemic complaint.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of anemic

Adjective

The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Huge bathrooms are done out in stunning swirly green and white ‘cipollino’ marble from Carrara with large tubs and separate walk-in showers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

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