whiten

Questions about whiten

What does whiten mean?

whiten means "turn white".

How many syllables are in whiten?

whiten has 2 syllables: whi-ten. The stress falls on "whi". In IPA it is /ˈwaɪtən/.

What is another word for whiten?

Close synonyms include 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 whiten?

The recorded antonyms are blacken.

Is whiten a common word?

whiten is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.