lily white
Utterly without blemish
Lily white means pure white, like the flower.
It extends to moral purity or innocence: a lily white reputation.
More pointedly, lily white describes places, organizations, or communities that are exclusively or overwhelmingly white, often by design or preference: a lily white suburb, The country club remained lily white until the 1970s.
This sense carries critical undertones, suggesting racial exclusion.
Lacking color intensity
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- blanchedMade white by heat
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- wanPale and unwell-looking
colorless · alabaster · porcelain · milky · fair · cream · ivory · bleached
Alike in composition throughout
- segregatedForcibly kept separate
- exclusionaryTending to bar others
- monochromaticOf one hue
- unintegratedNot combined into whole
discriminatory · apartheid · redlining · sundown · restricted · gated · insular · privileged
pale
Lacking color intensity
wan · colorless · alabaster · porcelain · milky · fair · cream · ivory · bleached · ghostly
homogeneous
Alike in composition throughout
- segregatedForcibly kept separate
- exclusionaryTending to bar others
- monochromaticOf one hue
unintegrated · discriminatory · apartheid · redlining · sundown · restricted · gated · insular · privileged
immaculate
Completely without blemish
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
- pristinePure and untouched
virginal · chaste · unsullied · untarnished · pure · innocent · clean · wholesome · angelic · untouched
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
ethereal · gossamer · diaphanous · silky · wispy · feathery · light · airy · gauzy · sheer
lily whitejet black
Deepest possible dark
pitch black · coal black · ebony · ink black · dark
lily whitediverse
Of many types
integrated · multiracial · multicultural · mixed · inclusive
lily, white, lilies, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whitens