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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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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?
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.
If we indulge crimes and breaches of the law, even whitewash, exonerate or give them support, that would be a blatant challenge to the rule of law in Hong Kong, which will eventually hurt the interest of all the Hong Kong people, hence, the central government firmly supports Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Special Administrative Region government continue to govern effectively and actively make a difference in accordance with the law, firmly supports Hong Kong Police to do their duties in accordance with the law.
Our bottom line is we are unflinching about this man, we don't sugarcoat or whitewash anything. We consider ourselves not just nonpartisan, but straight-up.
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.
The AFA's acceptance to play with The Israelis in Jerusalem have reminded us all of how The Israelis uses sports as a tool to whitewash The Israelis actions.
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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