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Synonyms for brown

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

brownish tawny chocolate-brown

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Brownish

brownish, tawny, chocolate-brown

2. Antigreen — not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection)

antigreen rare, nongreen rare

Other

born, brunet rare

Noun

black tar heroin, dun, heroin, brownness rare

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).

    Near-synonyms: nongreen, antigreen

  2. adj. 2

    Having a brown color/colour.

  3. n. 1

    A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

    He wore brown jeans for his birthday.

Related words

Word family
brown-haired brownie brownish brownness brown-nose browntop brownwort browny
Phrases
brown bread brown study brown noser brown trout brown crab brown king crab brown rat saddle brown

Forms

Plural
browns → duns, heroins, brownnesses…

Example sentences

  • brownish When he turned the spigot, brownish water came gushing out.
  • tawny The elephant is grey and the lion is tawny colored.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
brownsteady
brownishfalling
tawnyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
dun1
4 letters
born1
5 letters
tawny2
6 letters
heroin3, brunet2
8 letters
brownish2, nongreen
9 letters
brownness, antigreen

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tawny2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
brun
Italiano
marrone
Español
marrón
Deutsch
Braun
Català
marró