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Synonyms of brown in English:

brown


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adjective

1‘brown eyes’

SYNONYMS
hazel, chocolate-coloured, coffee-coloured, cocoa-coloured, nut brown
brunette, mousy
sepia, mahogany, umber, burnt sienna
beige, buff, tan, fawn, biscuit, camel, café au lait, caramel, mushroom
bay, sorrel, dun, brindle, brindled
auburn, tawny, coppery, chestnut, bronze, russet

2‘his skin was brown from the wind and the sun’

SYNONYMS
tanned, suntanned, perma-tanned, sunburned, browned, bronze, bronzed, weather-beaten
dark, swarthy, dusky

3‘brown bread’

SYNONYMS
unbleached, wholemeal

verb

1‘the grill browns food evenly’

SYNONYMS
singe, sear, seal, crisp, crisp up
grill, toast, barbecue, fry, sauté, bake