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Synonyms for swart

Most common

dark-skinned dusky swarthy tawny

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Dark — black

black, dark, dusky, dark-skinned, swarthy, brunet rare

Other

tawny

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Black.

Related words

Word family
swarten swarty

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Swart, Dusky, Swarthy, Dark or Black?

Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
  • swarthy Even swarthy and deformed, he struts around!
  • tawny The elephant is grey and the lion is tawny colored.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
swartrising
duskysteady
swarthyrising
tawnyrising

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

By length

4 letters
dark1
5 letters
black1, dusky, tawny2
6 letters
brunet2
7 letters
swarthy2

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