What is another word for tan?
Pronunciation:
[ tˈan], [ tˈan], [ t_ˈa_n]
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Similar words for tan:
- brown (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bronze (adjective)
- buff (adjective)
- gold/golden (adjective)
- swarthy (adjective)
- beige (noun)
- colors (noun)
- leather (noun)
- light brown (noun)
- sun (noun)
- beige (noun, adjective)
- best (verb)
- defeat (verb)
- flagellate (verb)
- sear (verb)
- spank (verb)
- thrash (verb)
- wallop (verb)
- whip (verb)
Synonyms for Tan:
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adj.
• brown- Bricker ,
- Cafe Au Lait ,
- Nut-brown ,
- acorn ,
- auburn ,
- bayer ,
- biscuit ,
- bister ,
- brunette ,
- burnt almond ,
- burnt sienna ,
- chocolate ,
- cinnamon ,
- cocoa ,
- coconut ,
- coffee ,
- drab ,
- dun ,
- duster ,
- fawn ,
- hazel ,
- henna ,
- khaki ,
- nut brown ,
- ochre ,
- partridge ,
- puce ,
- sepia ,
- tawny ,
- terra cotta ,
- terracotta ,
- toast ,
- toaster ,
- umber ,
- walnut .
- tan .
- coppercolored ,
- more brownish ,
- more burnished ,
- more chestnut ,
- more copper ,
- more copper colored ,
- more copper-colored ,
- more coppercolored ,
- more reddish brown ,
- more reddish tan ,
- more reddish-brown ,
- more reddish-tan ,
- more reddishbrown ,
- more reddishtan ,
- more russet ,
- most brownish ,
- most burnished ,
- most chestnut ,
- most copper ,
- most copper colored ,
- most copper-colored ,
- most coppercolored ,
- most reddish brown ,
- most reddish tan ,
- most reddish-brown ,
- most reddish-tan ,
- most reddishbrown ,
- most reddishtan ,
- most russet ,
- reddish brown ,
- reddish tan ,
- reddishbrown ,
- reddishtan ,
- rustest .
- more canary ,
- more lemon ,
- more yellow brown ,
- more yellow-brown ,
- more yellowbrown ,
- most canary ,
- most lemon ,
- most yellow brown ,
- most yellow-brown ,
- most yellowbrown ,
- strawest ,
- yellow brown ,
- yellowbrown .
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n.
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- arc ,
- axis ,
- chord ,
- curvature ,
- diagonal ,
- diameter ,
- horizontal ,
- inclined plane ,
- line ,
- outline .
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- SPF ,
- lay out ,
- overexpose ,
- sun cream ,
- sunburned .
- apricot ,
- aqua ,
- aquamarine ,
- blackness ,
- blue .
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n. & a.
• beige -
v.
• best- be sting ,
- be-sting ,
- ex celled ,
- ex celling ,
- ex-celling ,
- flaxed ,
- flaxes ,
- flaxing ,
- gat better of ,
- gat the better of ,
- get better of ,
- gets better of ,
- gets the better of ,
- getting the better of ,
- got better of ,
- got the better of ,
- gotten better of ,
- gotten the better of ,
- ko'd ,
- ko'ing ,
- koing ,
- lets have it ,
- letted have it ,
- letting have it ,
- out class ,
- out classing ,
- out did ,
- out does ,
- out doing ,
- out done ,
- out shine ,
- out shined ,
- out shone ,
- out strip ,
- out strips ,
- out-classed ,
- out-classes ,
- out-classing ,
- out-did ,
- out-does ,
- out-doing ,
- out-done ,
- out-shine ,
- out-shined ,
- out-shines ,
- out-shining ,
- out-strip ,
- out-stripped ,
- out-stripping ,
- out-strips ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- pre vail ,
- pre vailed ,
- pre vailing ,
- pre vails ,
- pre-vail ,
- pre-vailed ,
- pre-vails ,
- shooting down ,
- shoots down ,
- sur pass ,
- sur passed ,
- sur passes ,
- sur-pass ,
- sur-passed ,
- sur-passes ,
- sur-passing ,
- taking care of ,
- triumphed over ,
- triumphing over ,
- triumphs over ,
- whomped ,
- wipe floor with ,
- wiped floor with ,
- wipes floor with ,
- wipes the floor with ,
- wiping floor with ,
- wiping the floor with .
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- out hitting ,
- out jump ,
- out jumped ,
- out jumping ,
- out jumps ,
- out play ,
- out played ,
- out playing ,
- out plays ,
- out run ,
- out runs ,
- out-hitting ,
- out-jump ,
- out-jumped ,
- out-jumps ,
- out-play ,
- out-played ,
- out-playing ,
- out-plays ,
- out-run ,
- out-running ,
- out-runs ,
- outhitting ,
- outjumped ,
- outjumping ,
- outjumps ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- plowed under ,
- plows under ,
- ran roughshod over ,
- running roughshod over ,
- runs roughshod over ,
- steamrolled ,
- steamrolling ,
- steamrolls ,
- take cleaners ,
- takes all ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes it all ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking it all ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- took all ,
- took it all ,
- took to cleaners ,
- works over ,
- wrought over .
- beat living daylights out of ,
- beating living daylights out of ,
- beating the living daylights out of ,
- beats living daylights out of ,
- beats the living daylights out of ,
- tan someone hide ,
- tan someones hide ,
- tanned someone hide ,
- tanned someone's hide ,
- tanned someones hide ,
- tanning someone hide ,
- tanning someone's hide ,
- tanning someones hide ,
- tans someone hide ,
- tans someone's hide ,
- tans someones hide .
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- de hydrate ,
- de hydrated ,
- de hydrates ,
- de hydrating ,
- de-hydrate ,
- de-hydrated ,
- de-hydrates ,
- de-hydrating ,
- dries out ,
- dries up .
- blipping ,
- put over knee ,
- put over one knee ,
- put over ones knee ,
- puts over knee ,
- puts over one knee ,
- puts over ones knee ,
- putting over knee ,
- putting over one knee ,
- putting over one's knee ,
- putting over ones knee ,
- tan one hide ,
- tanned one hide ,
- tanned one's hide ,
- tanned ones hide ,
- tanning one hide ,
- tanning one's hide ,
- tanning ones hide ,
- tans hide ,
- tans one hide ,
- tans one's hide ,
- tans ones hide ,
- whupped ,
- whupping ,
- whups .
- be labor ,
- be labored ,
- be laboring ,
- be labors ,
- be-labor ,
- be-labored ,
- be-laboring ,
- be-labors ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- tan ones hide ,
- tanning hide ,
- toss turn ,
- tossed and turn ,
- tossed turn ,
- tosses and turn ,
- tosses turn ,
- tossing and turn ,
- tossing turn ,
- tost and turn ,
- tost turn .
Other synonyms:
- amber ,
- color ,
- flesh ,
- sand ,
- weatherize .
- refine .
- beat .
- dark .
- pulp .
- treat .
Other relevant words:
- Blanked ,
- Blanking ,
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Cudgeled ,
- Cudgeling ,
- Cudgelled ,
- Cudgelling ,
- Disciplining ,
- Trashed ,
- Whaled ,
- Whaling ,
- best ,
- bludgeoned ,
- bludgeoning ,
- browned ,
- browning ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- defeat ,
- disciplined ,
- dried out ,
- dried up ,
- dry out ,
- dry up ,
- drying out ,
- drying up ,
- ferule ,
- ferules ,
- flagellate ,
- flax ,
- get the better of ,
- horsewhipped ,
- horsewhipping ,
- kos ,
- let have it ,
- scourge ,
- sear ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- take care of ,
- takes care of ,
- thrash ,
- took care of ,
- triumph over ,
- whip ,
- whomp ,
- whomping ,
- whomps ,
- whop ,
- whopped ,
- whops ,
- wipe the floor with .
- outplaying ,
- outplays ,
- plow under ,
- run roughshod over ,
- steamroll ,
- take it all ,
- take to cleaners ,
- whacked ,
- whacking ,
- work over ,
- worked over .
- Fawn-colored ,
- Grege ,
- HIT ,
- Imbrown ,
- Seal-brown ,
- Sunburning ,
- Tromp ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- arrange ,
- artful ,
- assuage ,
- aureate ,
- bake ,
- bask ,
- basker's reward ,
- baste ,
- batter ,
- bay ,
- beige ,
- belt ,
- birch ,
- black ,
- blacken ,
- bloom ,
- break ,
- bronze ,
- bronzy ,
- brown colour ,
- brownish ,
- brownish yellow ,
- brunet ,
- buff ,
- burn ,
- burn mark ,
- burning ,
- cane ,
- castigate ,
- change over ,
- chastise ,
- cheerless ,
- chromatic ,
- clear for action ,
- clear the decks ,
- coffee-brown ,
- coloured ,
- comb ,
- common topaz ,
- complexion ,
- cowhide ,
- crafty ,
- cream-coloured ,
- cunning ,
- cure ,
- dampen ,
- dapple ,
- darken ,
- deploy ,
- dim ,
- dingy ,
- discipline ,
- discolour ,
- dismal ,
- dress ,
- dress down ,
- drub ,
- dust someone's britches ,
- embrown ,
- false topaz ,
- fix ,
- fix up ,
- flay ,
- flog ,
- foxy ,
- fuscous ,
- get better ,
- get ready ,
- get well ,
- give a dressing-down ,
- gold ,
- golden ,
- groom ,
- hammer ,
- heal up ,
- hide ,
- horsewhip ,
- hyperpigmentation ,
- infuscate ,
- jacket ,
- lace ,
- lambaste ,
- larrup ,
- lash ,
- lather ,
- leaden ,
- leather ,
- lick ,
- livid ,
- lurid ,
- mahogany ,
- make arrangements ,
- make ready ,
- maroon ,
- marshal ,
- melt ,
- mitigate ,
- mobilize ,
- mollify ,
- mushroom ,
- natural ,
- obscure ,
- off-white ,
- olive ,
- olive brown ,
- olive-drab ,
- pacify ,
- paddle ,
- paddlewhack ,
- pallor ,
- pearly ,
- physiological state ,
- plan ,
- prearrange ,
- prep ,
- prepare ,
- pretreat ,
- process ,
- provide ,
- punish ,
- put in shape ,
- ready ,
- ready up ,
- relieve ,
- ruddiness ,
- russet ,
- rust ,
- rustic ,
- rusty ,
- saddle ,
- seal ,
- shin ,
- snuff-colored ,
- soften ,
- soothe ,
- sorrel ,
- strap ,
- strike ,
- sumptuous ,
- sun ,
- sunbathe ,
- sunburn ,
- suntan ,
- swarthy ,
- switch ,
- tan one's hide ,
- tangent ,
- tanned ,
- tanner ,
- tanning ,
- taupe ,
- thresh ,
- topaz ,
- trim ,
- try out ,
- wale ,
- wallop ,
- warm ,
- warm someone's seat ,
- wax ,
- welt ,
- whack ,
- whale ,
- whup ,
- yellow ,
- yellowish ,
- yellowish brown .
- Larruped ,
- Larruping ,
- Leathering ,
- Welting ,
- blipped ,
- larrups ,
- leathered ,
- put over one's knee ,
- tan hide ,
- tanned hide .
- BAMS ,
- Bam ,
- boff ,
- taking out ,
- took out .
- Aurulent ,
- Flaxen ,
- auric ,
- auriferous ,
- aurous ,
- brown ,
- browns ,
- canary ,
- caramel ,
- chestnut ,
- copper ,
- copper colored ,
- copper-colored ,
- dark-hued ,
- darkish ,
- goldens ,
- light brown ,
- mellow yellow ,
- metallic brown ,
- ochroid ,
- reddish-brown ,
- reddish-tan ,
- ruster ,
- strawer ,
- yellow-brown ,
- yellowishes ,
- colour ,
- honeyed ,
- lemon .
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How to use "Tan" in context?
The word "tan" comes from the French word "tannage," meaning "tanning." The word "tan" is used to describe any brown color, and it is especially used to describe the color of skin. Tanning is the process of turning white skin brown. The tanning agent is a chemical that is exposed to the skin's surface, and the tanning process starts by browning the skin. Tanning can be done in a variety of ways, and the amount of time that the tanning agent is applied to the skin is also important.
Paraphrases for Tan:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Reverse Entailment
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Independent
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Verb, base form
lay.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Tan:
- TANN.
Hyponym for Tan:
n.
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attribute
light brown.
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attribute
v.
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change
convert.
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change
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