Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brown

2 senses of brown

Sense 1
brown -- (fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan")
       => cook -- (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes")

Sense 2
embrown, brown -- (make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard")
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")

Antonyms of adj browned

1 sense of browned

Sense 1
brown, browned -- ((of skin) deeply suntanned)

INDIRECT (VIA brunet) -> blond, blonde, light-haired -- (being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children")

Similarity of adj browned

1 sense of browned

Sense 1
brown, browned -- ((of skin) deeply suntanned)
       => brunet (vs. blond), brunette -- (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty")

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