- tan
- v1. convert to leather, steep or soak in tan-bark or tannin or tannic acid; lie in the sun, sunbathe, weather.2. brown, embrown, turn brown, toast, darken.3.Informal. spank, thrash thresh, Inf. whale the tar out of, Brit. Dial. yerk; whip, horsewhip, curry, strap, cowhide, Inf. leather, Sl. belt; lash, switch, birch, scourge, flagellate, flog, Inf. lace; beat; Inf. whale, Inf. thump, Inf. lambaste, Inf. trim, Sl. lay into, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. whomp.adj4. golden brown, bronze, bronzed, bronzy, copper, coppery, brown, brown a a berry, suntanned; light brown, ecru, khaki, drab; yellowish-brown, sienna, brownish-yellow, fulvous, beige, fawn, tawny.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.