great white shark

noun

: a large mackerel shark (Carcharodon carcharias) of warm seas that is bluish when young but becomes whitish with age and has been known to attack humans

called also white shark

see shark illustration

Examples of great white shark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Contender, a 1,653-pound male great white shark measuring 13 feet, 9 inches, is being tracked off the coast of Florida, according to OCEARCH. —Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025

Footage shows a gigantic, adult, 1,653-pound great white shark getting tagged for research last month. —Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025

In South Africa, a solitary orca nicknamed Starboard was observed eating a great white shark for the first time and the predation event was detailed in a study published in March in the African Journal of Marine Science. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024

Julien Loeffler, James Kermack Key cast: Ingrid Torelli, Michiel Huisman, Avani Gregg Thirteen years after witnessing her father’s death by a shark in the Devil’s Triangle, an exploration influencer returns to the fateful site, only to face a deadly battle against a great white shark. —Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for great white shark

• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark
• marc
• mark
• marque
• narc
• quark

Kids Definition

great white shark

noun

: a large and dangerous shark of warm seas that is quick to attack human beings and is bluish when young but becomes whitish with age

Medical Definition

great white shark

noun

: a large shark (Carcharodon carcharias of the family Lamnidae) that is bluish when young but becomes whitish with age and has been known to attack humans

called also white shark