Synonyms of brown

brown

adjective

as in tanned

having a skin color darkened by the sun

It was easy to tell who among the beachgoers worked outside, as their bodies were brown from the sun.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tanned
• red
• flushed
• bronzed
• flush
• suntanned
• glowing
• pink
• ruddy
• pinkish
• rosy
• blooming
• warm
• sanguine
• florid
• rubicund
• blowsy
• blushing
• blowzy
• full-blooded
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• ashy
• ashen
• sallow
• pallid
• pasty
• white
• doughy
• wan
• palish
• mealy
• livid
• lurid
• peaked
• peaky
• blanched
• whitened
• sallowish
• paled
• white-faced
• whey-faced

Examples of brown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just ask Kim Kardashian, who took a page from her former mentor Paris Hilton on August 14, and paired her head-to-toe camel brown look with a matching brown puppy. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024

For the shiny, brown German shorthaired pointer, the job is mostly a game of hide and seek. —Lauren Brensel, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024

Expect, in the coming weeks, the shell necklace to disappear from Katie’s neck and The Row loafers to sub in for her Cos fisherman sandals, but that classic brown bag to remain a staple long through autumn. —Alice Newbold, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024

Brown recluse spiders are found mostly in the South and Southwest and are often confused with other brown spiders. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024