Antonyms of adj swarthy
1 sense of swarthy
Sense 1
dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy -- (naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic")
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 swarthy
1 sense of swarthy
Sense 1
dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy -- (naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic")
=> brunet (vs. blond), brunette -- (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty")