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white has 33 distinct synonyms spread across 18 of its 25 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is black.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Australian writer (1912-1990)
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
“she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs”
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
“as white as fresh snow”
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
“voting patterns within the white population”
restricted to whites only
“under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains”
4 of the 25 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for white.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for white come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.