Synonyms for whitewash
ˈʰwaɪtˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈwaɪt-white·wash

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1. 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

   Antonyms:
   blacken, color, darken, dye, soil, stain

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1. whitewashnoun

   a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

2. whitewashnoun

   wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

3. whitewashverb

   a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

4. 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 over

5. whitewashverb

   cover with whitewash

   "whitewash walls"

   Synonyms:
   sleek over, gloss over, hush up

6. whitewashverb

   exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

   Synonyms:
   sleek over, gloss over, hush up

Matched Categories

1. • Defeat
   • Exonerate
   • Wash

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "whitewash":

   launder, beautification, beautify, exonerate, camouflage

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How to use whitewash in a sentence?

1. Richard Nixon:

   We must maintain the integrity of the White House, and that integrity must be real, not transparent. There can be no whitewash at the White House.

2. Antonio Parkinson:

   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.

3. Subodh Chandra:

   Any presentation to a grand jury -- without the prosecutor advocating for Tamir -- is a charade, to get so-called experts to assist in the whitewash -- when the world has the video of what happened -- is all the more alarming.

4. Kamala Harris:

   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.

5. Miles Goslett:

   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.