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Synonyms for whitewash
ˈʰwaɪtˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈwaɪt-white·wash
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
whitewashverb
To whiten is to make white in general, but commonly it means to overspread with white coloring-matter. Bleach and blanch both signify to whiten by depriving of color, the former permanently, as linen; the latter either permanently (as, to blanch celery) or temporarily (as, to blanch the cheek with fear). To whitewash is to whiten superficially, especially by false approval.
Synonyms:
blanch, bleach, make white, whiten
Princeton's WordNet
whitewashnoun
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
whitewashnoun
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
whitewashverb
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush upverb
cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
Synonyms:
shut up, smooth over, hush up, skimp over, skate over, slur over, still, hush, silence, quieten, sleek over, gloss overwhitewashverb
cover with whitewash
"whitewash walls"
Synonyms:
sleek over, gloss over, hush upwhitewashverb
exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
Synonyms:
sleek over, gloss over, hush up
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List of paraphrases for "whitewash":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#390 | still | |
#6644 | silence | |
#19241 | hush | |
#20433 | bleach | |
#21059 | camouflage | |
#53492 | beautification | |
#62616 | whitewash | |
#63516 | beautify | |
#66879 | blanch | |
#76041 | launder | |
#97866 | whiten | |
#113449 | exonerate | |
#243815 | quieten |
How to use whitewash in a sentence?
What I appreciate about his soliloquy is the fact that he gave us his truth, his rationale as to why he was supporting the amendment to force teachers through law to whitewash historical events.
A coroner is independent of the government, a coroner’s inquest goes into an investigation with an open mind, they don’t go into it to prove a thesis. A public inquiry into this man’s death was to prove a thesis, that he killed himself. It was a whitewash, a travesty.
What does that accomplish ? Does that advance race relations in America ? In the world ? it is what it is. History is what it is. You don't whitewash history. That is an act of, frankly, stupidity.
Lynching is a reprehensible stain on this nation's history, as is The President. We'll never erase the pain and trauma of lynching, and to invoke that torture to whitewash your own corruption is disgraceful.
The new policies can not be used to whitewash the prior bad judgment, failures of leadership and violation of the Fed's own policies if not the law.
Translations for whitewash
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- blanquejatCatalan, Valencian
- schönfärben, reinwaschen, Tünche, beschönigen, Zu-null-Sieg, anstreichenGerman
- ασβεστόνεροGreek
- blankkalkiEsperanto
- encalar, encubrir, blanquearSpanish
- peitelläFinnish
- badigeonner, blanchir, lait de chaux, badigeonFrench
- aolIrish
- meszel, tisztára mosHungarian
- velizarIdo
- calce, lavare via, cancellare, imbiancare, cappottoItalian
- kvitvaske, hvitvaskeNorwegian
- witkalk, wittenDutch
- kvitvaskeNorwegian Nynorsk
- hvitkalkeNorwegian
- wybielićPolish
- побелка, известковый раствор, обелить, побелить, белитьRussian
- vitmenaSwedish
- aklamak, boyamak, temize çıkarmak, badanalamak, badanaTurkish
- minh oanVietnamese
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