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

2 senses of tan

Sense 1
tan -- (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)
       => convert -- (change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers")

Sense 2
tan, bronze -- (get a tan, from wind or sun)
       => discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")

Antonyms of adj tanned

2 senses of tanned

Sense 1
bronzed, suntanned, tanned -- ((of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo")

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")

Sense 2
tanned (vs. untanned) -- (converted to leather by a tanning agent)

untanned (vs. tanned) -- (not converted to leather by a tanning agent; "a whip made of untanned hide")

Similarity of adj tanned

2 senses of tanned

Sense 1
bronzed, suntanned, tanned -- ((of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo")
       => brunet (vs. blond), brunette -- (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty")

Sense 2
tanned (vs. untanned) -- (converted to leather by a tanning agent)