Synonyms for blanch
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To grow or become white.
His cheek blanched with fear.
Forms
- Past participle
- blanched
e.g. blanched → paled, blenched, bleached, faded…
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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).
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- palliate His friend tried to palliate the offense but nobody cared about that.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blanch | rising | |
| parboil | steady | |
| palliate | steady | |
| etiolate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pale1, fade1
- 6 letters
- bleach1, whiten2, blench
- 7 letters
- parboil2
- 8 letters
- palliate, etiolate
- 9 letters
- whitewash2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (whiten2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- monder