Need another word that means the same as “tan”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “tan” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Tan” are: tangent, burn, sunburn, suntan, topaz, yellowish brown, light brown, pale brown, tawny, take a suntan, take a tan, brown, go brown, bronze, become suntanned, become brown, thrash, beat, wallop, belt, strap, spank, whip, lash, leather, cane, flog, flail, flagellate, horsewhip, birch, switch, flay
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tan” as a noun can have the following definitions:
bronze | A sculpture made of bronze. On the black bookcase were three exquisite bronzes. |
brown | A brown thing in particular the brown ball in snooker. The brown of his eyes. |
burn | A place or area that has been burned especially on a person s body. They found rope burns around her waist. |
go brown | Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine. |
light brown | A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul. |
pale brown | A wooden strip forming part of a fence. |
sunburn | Reddening, inflammation, and, in severe cases, blistering and peeling of the skin caused by overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. My hands and face were raw with sunburn. |
suntan | A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. He had acquired quite a suntan. |
take a suntan | The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption. |
take a tan | The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. |
tangent | Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle. Loretta s mind went off at a tangent. |
tawny | An orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour. Pine needles turning from tawny to amber. |
topaz | A light brown the color of topaz. Bright topaz eyes. |
yellowish brown | Yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tan” as a verb can have the following definitions:
beat | Indicate by beating as with the fingers or drumsticks. She beat him easily at chess. |
become brown | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. |
become suntanned | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. |
belt | Be fastened with a belt. He was securely belted into the passenger seat. |
birch | Beat someone with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment. The school would attempt to birch them into submission. |
bronze | Give something a surface of bronze or something resembling bronze. Bronze baby shoes. |
brown | Make brown in color. The draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard. |
cane | Beat with a cane. They have caned Essex and Durham in the Championship. |
flagellate | Whip. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves. |
flail | Move like a flail thresh about. His arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance. |
flay | Strip the skin off. He flayed the government for not moving fast enough on economic reform. |
flog | Make one’s way with strenuous effort. The teacher often flogged the students. |
go brown | Perform as expected when applied. |
horsewhip | Beat a person or animal with a horsewhip. She would horsewhip them mercilessly. |
lash | Lash or flick about sharply. The hatch was securely lashed down. |
leather | Whip with a leather strap. Carlos took his customary 20 metre sprint up to the ball and leathered it. |
spank | Give a spanking to subject to a spanking. She was spanked for spilling ink on the carpet. |
strap | Tie with a strap. The children were strapped into their car seats. |
switch | Beat or flick with or as if with a switch. Switch on the light. |
take a suntan | Develop a habit. |
take a tan | Admit into a group or community. |
thrash | Give a thrashing to beat hard. I thrashed Pete at cards. |
wallop | Hit hard. We ll wallop them. |
whip | Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash. The curtain whipped her face. |
black | A black thing in particular the black ball in snooker. Rory shot her a black look. |
blacken | Make or become black. He set light to the paper watching the end blacken as it burned. |
blaze | Indicate by marking trees with blazes. Twenty firemen fought the blaze. |
burn | Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. Exercise does help to burn calories. |
char | Material that has been charred. She trimmed the char from the wicks of the oil lamps. |
combust | Cause to burn or combust. The oily rags combusted spontaneously. |
combustible | A combustible substance. A volatile and combustible personality. |
combustion | The act of burning something. The combustion of fossil fuels. |
complexion | Give a certain color to. A liberal political complexion. |
darken | Make or become angry, unhappy, or gloomy. Misery darkened her gaze. |
dusky | Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. Gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks. |
fire | Start or maintain a fire in. Fire a bullet. |
flame | Burn and give off flames. Hope flamed in her. |
flammable | Easily set on fire. The use of highly flammable materials. |
glow | A strong feeling of pleasure or well-being. The setting sun cast a deep red glow over the city. |
ignite | Start or maintain a fire in. Marsh gases ignited suddenly. |
incinerate | Destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning. Waste packaging is to be incinerated rather than buried in landfills. |
obfuscate | Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins. |
phosphorescence | Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat. The stones overhead gleamed with phosphorescence. |
scorch | Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions. The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes. |
sear | Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color. The unfortunate childhood encounter is seared on his memory. |
shadow | Envelop in shadow cast a shadow over. The shadow of war fell across Europe. |
singe | Burn superficially or lightly. My eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames. |
smolder | Have strong suppressed feelings. A smoldering fire. |
smoulder | Smoke coming from a smouldering fire. Anna smouldered with indignation. |
soot | Cover or clog something with soot. You have previously sooted the underside of their plate by holding it over a candle. |
sun | The light or warmth received from the earth s sun. These herbs suffer when sunned. |
sunburn | Be or become affected with sunburn. Those who sunburn easily are most likely to get skin cancer. |
swarthy | Naturally having skin of a dark color. A smile on his swarthy face. |
torch | Tall stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. The madman torched the barns. |
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