black-and-white

Questions about black-and-white

What does black-and-white mean?

black-and-white means "lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in black-and-white?

black-and-white has 3 syllables: blac-k-and--white. The stress falls on "blac".

What is another word for black-and-white?

Close synonyms include black and white. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of black-and-white?

The recorded antonyms are color.

Is black-and-white a common word?

black-and-white is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.