Synonyms for brown

Noun

1. brown, brownness, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

usage: an orange of low brightness and saturation

2. Brown, Robert Brown, botanist, phytologist, plant scientist

usage: Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

3. Brown, John Brown, abolitionist, emancipationist

usage: abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)

4. Brown University, Brown, university

usage: a university in Rhode Island

Verb

1. brown, cook

usage: fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"

Adjective

1. brown, brownish, dark-brown, chromatic (vs. achromatic)

usage: of a color similar to that of wood or earth