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

3 senses of tangerine

Sense 1
tangerine, tangerine tree -- (a variety of mandarin orange)
       => mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata -- (shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia)

Sense 2
tangerine -- (any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa)
       => mandarin, mandarin orange -- (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)

Sense 3
tangerine -- (a reddish to vivid orange color)
       => reddish orange -- (an orange color closer to red than to yellow)

Antonyms of adj tangerine

1 sense of tangerine

Sense 1
tangerine -- (of a strong reddish orange color)

INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic, neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")

Similarity of adj tangerine

1 sense of tangerine

Sense 1
tangerine -- (of a strong reddish orange color)
       => chromatic (vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue)