blanch
3 synonyms and 2 antonyms for blanch, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To turn pale or white.
Synonyms
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parboil
blench
Synonyms by Meaning
2. verb
To remove the colour from something so that it turns white.
“Age has blanched his hair.”
Opposites
Etymology
Came into English from Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). It is cognate with blench (“to deceive,...
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