Definition for Tan:

• The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; - so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

Synonyms for Tan:

• adj.

  •brown (adjective)
  • auburn,
  • mahogany,
  • hazel,
  • acorn,
  • sorrel,
  • snuff-colored,
  • dun,
  • cocoa,
  • toast,
  • umber,
  • partridge,
  • khaki,
  • fawn,
  • brown,
  • coffee,
  • tawny,
  • copper,
  • walnut,
  • drab,
  • cinnamon,
  • chestnut,
  • burnt almond,
  • chocolate,
  • Cafe Au Lait,
  • coconut,
  • sepia,
  • brunette,
  • tanned,
  • biscuit.

• n.

  •
  • amber,
  • beige.
  •
  • sunbathe,
  • bask,
  • sun.
  •
  • weatherize,
  • pulp,
  • treat.
  •attribute (noun)
  • topaz.
  •beige (noun)
  • khaki,
  • biscuit,
  • off-white,
  • sand,
  • Cafe Au Lait,
  • taupe.
  •brownish (noun)
  • bronzed.
  •colors (noun)
  • black,
  • buff.
  •light brown (noun)
  • buff,
  • brownish,
  • suntan,
  • umber,
  • biscuit,
  • sand,
  • beige,
  • olive,
  • natural,
  • brown,
  • gold,
  • bronze,
  • tawny,
  • khaki,
  • saddle,
  • cream,
  • yellowish,
  • ecru,
  • drab.
  •tan (noun)
  • chromatic,
  • bronze,
  • burn,
  • suntan,
  • sunburn,
  • tangent,
  • topaz.

• v.

  •flog, whip (verb)
  • cane,
  • dust someone's britches,
  • thrash,
  • punish,
  • whomp,
  • spank,
  • leather,
  • HIT,
  • wax,
  • hide,
  • belt,
  • lambaste,
  • paddlewhack,
  • lash,
  • paddle,
  • flay,
  • baste,
  • switch,
  • strike,
  • whack,
  • warm someone's seat,
  • strap,
  • beat,
  • tan one's hide,
  • whale.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • color,
  • amber,
  • weatherize,
  • sand,
  • flesh.
  •
  • beat.
  •
  • dark.
  •
  • pulp.
  •
  • treat.
  •beige
  • cream,
  • ecru.
  •drub
  • spank,
  • trounce.
  •spank
  • tan one's hide,
  • larrup,
  • whup.
  •tan
  • buff.
  •thrash
  • birch,
  • drub.
  •thresh
  • thresh.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dismal,
  • beige,
  • bronzy,
  • horsewhip,
  • lambaste,
  • lather,
  • scourge,
  • spank,
  • fuscous,
  • bronze,
  • burn,
  • warm,
  • Fawn-colored,
  • whip,
  • thrash,
  • whup,
  • saddle,
  • sumptuous,
  • amber,
  • groom,
  • coloured,
  • false topaz,
  • cane,
  • chromatic,
  • fix up,
  • make ready,
  • artful,
  • wallop,
  • punish,
  • dingy,
  • leaden,
  • defeat,
  • whomp,
  • relieve,
  • pallor,
  • livid,
  • lurid,
  • swarthy,
  • tanner,
  • shin,
  • arrange,
  • infuscate,
  • paddle,
  • lick,
  • common topaz,
  • suntan,
  • Imbrown,
  • gold,
  • get ready,
  • pacify,
  • yellowish brown,
  • fix,
  • golden,
  • clear the decks,
  • jacket,
  • dress,
  • sorrel,
  • flay,
  • mahogany,
  • discolour,
  • hide,
  • strike,
  • burn mark,
  • yellowish,
  • alleviate,
  • trounce,
  • embrown,
  • flax,
  • cream-coloured,
  • make arrangements,
  • heal up,
  • brownish,
  • snuff-colored,
  • blacken,
  • comb,
  • cowhide,
  • olive brown,
  • foxy,
  • plan,
  • Seal-brown,
  • black,
  • hyperpigmentation,
  • soothe,
  • break,
  • belt,
  • dress down,
  • rust,
  • prep,
  • flesh,
  • prepare,
  • crafty,
  • strap,
  • Tromp,
  • assuage,
  • try out,
  • weatherize,
  • beat,
  • wale,
  • deploy,
  • yellow,
  • get better,
  • mobilize,
  • tanning,
  • brunet,
  • flog,
  • ready,
  • warm someone's seat,
  • tan one's hide,
  • baste,
  • tanned,
  • bronzed,
  • welt,
  • topaz,
  • lace,
  • bloom,
  • thresh,
  • natural,
  • lash,
  • HIT,
  • sunburn,
  • trim,
  • pulp,
  • Grege,
  • rustic,
  • cream,
  • cunning,
  • dust someone's britches,
  • obscure,
  • dim,
  • treat,
  • brownish yellow,
  • discipline,
  • russet,
  • physiological state,
  • maroon,
  • tangent,
  • cure,
  • sun,
  • wax,
  • marshal,
  • pretreat,
  • dampen,
  • sunbathe,
  • taupe,
  • paddlewhack,
  • ecru,
  • olive-drab,
  • get well,
  • bay,
  • buff,
  • mitigate,
  • soften,
  • chastise,
  • melt,
  • prearrange,
  • allay,
  • darken,
  • change over,
  • castigate,
  • provide,
  • batter,
  • olive,
  • bake,
  • Sunburning,
  • process,
  • drub,
  • ruddiness,
  • mushroom,
  • rusty,
  • birch,
  • whale,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • pearly,
  • hammer,
  • aureate,
  • bask,
  • burning,
  • seal,
  • color,
  • mollify,
  • dapple,
  • put in shape,
  • off-white,
  • dark,
  • larrup,
  • cheerless,
  • complexion,
  • best,
  • whack,
  • leather,
  • flagellate,
  • switch,
  • sand.

Antonyms for Tan:

• v.

  • flog, whip
    protect, lose, praise, tap.
  • Other antonyms:
    achromatic, neutral.