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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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

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But in terms of student achievement, Asian students have performed more like white students, frequently surpassing white students academically.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Coinciding with the event is the Nights of Lights celebration (November 21–January 8), when tiny white lights illuminate the town’s architecture, oak trees, and waterfront—including the Bridge of Lions, Lightner Museum, and Plaza de la Constitución.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026

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