Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roan

2 senses of roan

Sense 1
roan -- (a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding)
       => leather -- (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

Sense 2
roan -- (a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray)
       => horse, Equus caballus -- (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

Antonyms of adj roan

1 sense of roan

Sense 1
roan -- ((used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse")

INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured -- (without color; "pure water is uncolored")

Similarity of adj roan

1 sense of roan

Sense 1
roan -- ((used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse")
       => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, colorful -- (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain")

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