Need another word that means the same as “brown”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “brown” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Brown” are: browned, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown, hazel, chocolate-coloured, unbleached, wholemeal, tanned, suntanned, sunburned, bronze, bronzed, weather-beaten, embrown, singe, sear, seal, crisp, crisp up, brown university, brownness, john brown, robert brown
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brown” as a noun can have the following definitions:
brown university | Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859. |
brownness | An orange of low brightness and saturation. |
john brown | An orange of low brightness and saturation. |
robert brown | A university in Rhode Island. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brown” as a verb can have the following definitions:
crisp | Of food develop a crisp surface in an oven or under a grill. There is a cooling breeze which crisps the broad clear river. |
crisp up | Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. |
embrown | Cause to darken. |
seal | Hunt seals. The pine boarding should be sealed with polyurethane. |
sear | Fix (an image or memory) permanently in someone’s mind or memory. Sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side. |
singe | Burn superficially or lightly. My eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brown” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
bronze | Of the color of bronze. |
bronzed | Having a tan color from exposure to the sun. A young bronzed Apollo. |
browned | Deeply suntanned. |
brownish | Having a brown tinge; slightly brown. A brownish coloured cat. |
chocolate-brown | Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. |
chocolate-coloured | Having the color of dark chocolate. |
dark-brown | Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. |
hazel | Of a light brown or yellowish brown color. |
sunburned | Having reddened or inflamed skin as result of overexposure to the sun. Rose water s soothing properties make it an excellent remedy for sunburned skin. |
suntanned | Having a tan color from exposure to the sun. We were directed towards the suntanned boatman. |
tanned | (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun. A pair of oversized aviator sunglasses hid much of her tanned face. |
unbleached | Not artificially colored or bleached. Unbleached blonde hair. |
weather-beaten | Worn by exposure to the weather. |
wholemeal | Denoting flour or bread made from whole grains of wheat, including the husk or outer layer. |
ashen | (of a person’s face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness. Eleanor s ashen face. |
black | Of the face made black especially as with suffused blood. In the black of night. |
blond | A light grayish yellow to near white. Blond Scandinavians. |
blue | Blue color or pigment resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime. Did you have a blue or what. |
brownish | Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. A brownish coloured cat. |
color | Decorate with colors. Fall colored the trees. |
colored | Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination. Colored crepe paper. |
dark | The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. Dark colors like wine red or navy blue. |
dun | Make a dun color. She wore dun. |
dye | Color with dye. It s good material it should dye well. |
ebony | Hard dark colored heartwood of the ebony tree used in cabinetwork and for piano keys. His smile flashed against the ebony of his skin. |
fawn | Have fawns. A six month old roe fawn. |
gray | Horse of a light gray or whitish color. Gray flannel suit. |
green | Turn or become green. That s a lot of green. |
grey | Grey hair. A grey Cape Town suburb. |
hue | Take on color or become colored. In highlights it hued to a dull silver grey. |
magenta | A primary subtractive color for light a dark purple red color the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859 the year of the battle of Magenta. Bright pink double flowers each lined in dark magenta. |
marbled | (of meat) having the lean part streaked with thin layers of fat. Attractively marbled cloth or paper. |
maroon | Of a brownish-red colour. The hat is available in either white or maroon. |
mustard | Used in names of related plants only some of which are used to produce mustard for the table e g hedge mustard. Mustard sauce. |
orange | Used in names of plants with similar fruit or flowers to the orange tree e g mock orange. There was an orange glow in the sky. |
painted | Coated with paint. In public he wore a painted smile. |
pigmentation | Abnormal colouring of a person’s skin, typically resulting from disease. |
red | A red wine. The force went on red alert. |
scarlet | Scarlet clothes or material. Silk awnings of brilliant scarlet. |
strawberry | The low growing plant which produces the strawberry having white flowers lobed leaves and runners and found throughout north temperate regions. She thought she would wear the strawberry crushed velvet. |
tint | Dye someone s hair with a tint. Her skin was tinted with delicate colour. |
wavy | Having waves. She had long wavy hair. |
white | White colour or pigment. She separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs. |
yellow | Yellow clothes or material. Everyone dresses in yellow. |
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