Brown

/bɹaʊn/

Synonyms for "brown" (228 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (46)

acornalesanalizarin brownanthracene brownanthragallolantique brownantique goldargos brownautumn leafbakebarbecuebastebecloudbedarkenbedimbegloombeigebiscuitbisterblack
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Adjective(3 words)
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (68)

brunetbunny brownburnburnt almondcafe noircast a shadowchocolatecinnamoncloudcloud overcocoacocoa-browncoconutcoddlecoffeecoffee-browncologne browncookcurrydark
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Adjective(2 words)
Verb(1 words)

Related words (114)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

22 entries
chromatic colorchromatic colourcolorcolor changecolor incolorantcolorisecolorizecolourcolour incolourisecolourizecookhuephysical trait

Showing 16 of 22 words.

More specific

16 entries
bronze skinbrown earthbrown loambrown skinbrown soilcaramelcaramelizechestnutchocolateochrepanfrysearsepiatantan skinumber

Collocations

12 entries
brown bearbrown breadbrown butterbrown colorbrown dyebrown eyesbrown hairbrown paperbrown pigmentbrown ricebrown saucebrown sugar

Inflections

5 entries

Derivations

4 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

278 translations across 149 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • Bruyn name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruyns name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • de Bruin name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • de Bruins name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)

Akan

2 entries
  • ahaban dada noun (colour)
  • ntokowa ntokowa noun (colour)

Albanian

1 entries
  • bojëkafe noun (colour)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὀρφνός noun (colour)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بْرَاوْن name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • أَسْمَر noun (colour)
  • بني noun (colour)
  • بُنِّي noun (colour)

Aragonese

2 entries
  • marrón noun (colour)
  • pardo noun (colour)

Armenian

4 entries
  • դարչնագույն noun (colour)
  • կարիչնիվի noun (colour)
  • շագանակագույն noun (colour)
  • սրճագույն noun (colour)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • murnu noun (colour)

Assamese

1 entries
  • মটীয়া noun (colour)

Asturian

1 entries
  • marrón noun (colour)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • darçını noun (colour)
  • qəhvəyi noun (colour)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • көрән noun (colour)

Basque

1 entries
  • marroi noun (colour)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • кары́чневы noun (colour)

Bislama

1 entries
  • braon noun (colour)

Breton

1 entries
  • gell noun (colour)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • кафя́в noun (colour)
  • кафя́в цвят noun (colour)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အညို noun (colour)

Catalan

2 entries
  • Bru name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • marró noun (colour)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قاوەیی noun (colour)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • tatát·-i- noun (colour)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏬᏗᎨᎢ noun (colour)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • bulawuni noun (colour)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • lakna noun (colour)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 啡色 noun (colour)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 布朗 name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • 咖啡色 noun (colour)
  • 棕色 noun (colour)
  • 褐色 noun (colour)

Cornish

2 entries
  • gell noun (colour)
  • gorm noun (colour)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qoñur noun (colour)

Czech

1 entries
  • hnědý noun (colour)

Danish

3 entries
  • Brun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • brun noun (colour)

Dari

2 entries
  • قَهْوَهایِ noun (colour)
  • نَسْوَارِی noun (colour)

Dutch

4 entries
  • Bruijn name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruin name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruins name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruyn name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)

Dutch Low Saxon

2 entries
  • broen noun (colour)
  • bruun noun (colour)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • Braŭno name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • bruno noun (colour)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pruun noun (colour)

Faroese

1 entries
  • brúnt noun (colour)

Fijian

1 entries
  • dravu noun (colour)

Finnish

2 entries
  • Rusko name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • ruskea noun (colour)

French

4 entries
  • Brun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Brunet name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Lebrun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • brun noun (colour)

Galician

4 entries
  • brun noun (colour)
  • castaño noun (colour)
  • marrón noun (colour)
  • pardo noun (colour)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მურა noun (colour)
  • ჟღალისფერი noun (colour)
  • უნაბისფერი noun (colour)
  • ყავისფერი noun (colour)

German

4 entries
  • Braun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Braune name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruhn name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Brun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)

Greek

3 entries
  • Μπράουν name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • καστανό noun (colour)
  • καφέ noun (colour)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • kajortoq noun (colour)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בראון name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • חוּם noun (colour)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • abelyána noun (colour)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ब्राउन name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • भूरा noun (colour)

Hopi

1 entries
  • tasikpu noun (colour)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • Barna name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • barna noun (colour)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • brúnn noun (colour)

Ido

1 entries
  • bruna noun (colour)

Igbo

1 entries
  • nchara noun (colour)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • cokelat noun (colour)

Ingush

1 entries
  • бора noun (colour)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • قَهْوِهای noun (colour)

Iranun

1 entries
  • maredtem noun (colour)

Irish

1 entries
  • donn noun (colour)

Italian

4 entries
  • Brunetti name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruni name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruno name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Marrone name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ブラウン name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • 茶色 noun (colour)
  • 褐色 noun (colour)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • бера noun (colour)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • күрң noun (colour)

Kankanaey

1 entries
  • kaman-nangu noun (colour)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • komanggi noun (colour)
  • makomanggi noun (colour)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • къонгур noun (colour)

Karaim

1 entries
  • къахъвэ рэнги noun (colour)

Khakas

1 entries
  • хоор noun (colour)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ពណ៌ត្នោត noun (colour)

Khoekhoe

1 entries
  • ǂgama noun (colour)

Kongo

1 entries
  • maron noun (colour)

Korean

2 entries
  • 브라운 name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • 갈색 noun (colour)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • къонгур noun (colour)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • күрөң noun (colour)

Lakota

1 entries
  • ǧí noun (colour)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • bryuns noun (colour)

Latin

1 entries
  • aquilus noun (colour)

Latvian

1 entries
  • brūns noun (colour)

Lingala

1 entries
  • maron noun (colour)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rudas noun (colour)

Louisiana Creole

2 entries
  • brun noun (colour)
  • maron noun (colour)

Low German

2 entries
  • Brun noun (colour)
  • Bruun noun (colour)

Luhya

1 entries
  • ekawa noun (colour)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • браон noun (colour)
  • кафеав noun (colour)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • fiana noun (colour)
  • volontany noun (colour)

Malay

2 entries
  • coklat noun (colour)
  • perang noun (colour)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തവിട്ട് noun (colour)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kannella noun (colour)

Maranao

1 entries
  • malimba noun (colour)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • бор noun (colour)

Montagnais

1 entries
  • katshishtemauaput noun (colour)

Muong

1 entries
  • nu noun (colour)

Māori

4 entries
  • Parāone name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • hāuratea noun (colour)
  • pākā noun (colour)
  • pākā kōrito noun (colour)

Navajo

2 entries
  • dibéłchíʼí noun (colour)
  • yishtłizh noun (colour)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • qehwerengî noun (colour)
  • qehweyî noun (colour)
  • çakar noun (colour)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • Brun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • brun noun (colour)

Occitan

4 entries
  • castanh noun (colour)
  • castanha noun (colour)
  • marron noun (colour)
  • marrona noun (colour)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • ozaawaanzan noun (colour)

Old English

1 entries
  • brun noun (colour)

Old French

1 entries
  • brun noun (colour)

Old Frisian

1 entries
  • brūn noun (colour)

Old High German

1 entries
  • brūn noun (colour)

Old Saxon

1 entries
  • brūn noun (colour)

Oromo

1 entries
  • magaala noun (colour)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • морӕ noun (colour)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بور noun (colour)
  • نسواري noun (colour)

Persian

1 entries
  • براون name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")

Polish

2 entries
  • Brązowski name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • brąz noun (colour)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • Castanho name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Moreno name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • castanho noun (colour)
  • marrom noun (colour)

Romanian

2 entries
  • brun noun (colour)
  • maro noun (colour)

Russian

4 entries
  • Бра́ун name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • Бро́ун name (transliterations of the English name "Brown")
  • бу́рый noun (colour)
  • кори́чневый noun (colour)

Samoan

1 entries
  • enaena noun (colour)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • castàngiu noun (colour)

Scots

1 entries
  • broon noun (colour)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • donn noun (colour)
  • ruadh noun (colour)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • brȁon noun (colour)
  • mȑk noun (colour)
  • smȅđ noun (colour)
  • бра̏он noun (colour)

Shona

1 entries
  • mbise noun (colour)

Shor

1 entries
  • кӱрең noun (colour)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hnedá noun (colour)

Slovene

1 entries
  • rjava noun (colour)

Somali

1 entries
  • boodhe noun (colour)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱреҥ noun (colour)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Castaño name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Moreno name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Pardo name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • bronceado noun (colour)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • broin noun (colour)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kahawia noun (colour)

Swazi

1 entries
  • nsúndvu noun (colour)

Swedish

3 entries
  • Brun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • Bruun name (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion)
  • brun noun (colour)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kayumanggi noun (colour)
  • malakalaw noun (colour)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • 'ina'ina noun (colour)

Tajik

2 entries
  • каҳвагӣ noun (colour)
  • қаҳваранг noun (colour)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • aqehwi noun (colour)

Thai

1 entries
  • สีน้ำตาล noun (colour)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • རྒྱ་སྨུག noun (colour)
  • སྨུག་པོ noun (colour)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ቡናዊ noun (colour)

Tofa

1 entries
  • һүреӈ noun (colour)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • braun noun (colour)
  • braunpela noun (colour)

Tongan

2 entries
  • melomelo noun (colour)
  • palauni noun (colour)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kahverengi noun (colour)
  • kongur noun (colour)
  • konur noun (colour)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • хүрең noun (colour)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • курень noun (colour)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кори́чневий noun (colour)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بُھورا noun (colour)

Urum

2 entries
  • конур noun (colour)
  • кӱрен noun (colour)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قوڭۇر noun (colour)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • jigarrang noun (colour)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nâu noun (colour)

Volapük

2 entries
  • blon noun (colour)
  • braun noun (colour)

Welsh

1 entries
  • brown noun (colour)

Yakut

1 entries
  • күрэҥ noun (colour)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • pupa noun (colour)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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May I talk to Ms. Brown?

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Mr Brown took charge of this class last year.

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She was very brown after her holiday.

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Here comes our teacher, Robert Brown.

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