| Main Entry: | swarthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-complexioned |
Synonyms: |
black, brown, brunet, dark, dark-hued, dark-skinned, darkish, dusky, swart, tan, tawny |
Antonyms: |
blonde, fair, light, pale |
| Main Entry: | black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, inky |
Synonyms: |
atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, jet, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-dark, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
Antonyms: |
white |
| Main Entry: | brunette/brunet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark hair and/or skin |
Synonyms: |
bistered, brown, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
Antonyms: |
blond/blonde |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaded complexion, hair |
Synonyms: |
adumbral, bistered, black, brunet, brunette, dark-complexioned, dark-skinned, dusky, ebon, ebony, sable, swart, swarthy, tan |
Antonyms: |
light |
| Main Entry: | dusky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-hued; murky |
Synonyms: |
adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark-complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, unilluminated, veiled |
Antonyms: |
bright, clear, light |
| Main Entry: | brunette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dark |
Synonyms: |
bistered, brown, brunet, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
| Notes: | brunet(te) is seldom applied to males; brunette is a diminutive of French brun 'brown' |
Antonyms: |
blond, blonde |
| Main Entry: | tawny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brownish |
Synonyms: |
beige, bronze, brown, dusky, olive, swarthy, tanned |
| Main Entry: | brunet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark |
Synonyms: |
brunette, dusky, olive-skinned, swarthy, tanned |
| Main Entry: | onyx |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
Synonyms: |
atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, piceous, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
| Main Entry: | pitch-black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
Synonyms: |
atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-dark, pitch-dark pitchy, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |