verb
- Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error.
- usage: "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
- synonyms: whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
- Cover with whitewash.
- usage: "whitewash walls"
- synonyms: whitewash
- Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data.
- synonyms: whitewash
adjective
- Coated with whitewash.
- usage: "miles of whitewashed fences"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). whitewashed. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/whitewashed/definitions/1188277 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "whitewashed" http://smartdefine.org/whitewashed/definitions/1188277 (accessed September 21, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, whitewashed, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/whitewashed/definitions/1188277>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "whitewashed" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/whitewashed/definitions/1188277> |