[syn: brunet, brunette]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, adj.
1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted
with blond. [Narrower terms: adust, sunburned burned
brown by the sun; black, brown; black-haired,
dark-haired; browned, suntanned, tanned; grizzled,
roan; nutbrown]
[WordNet 1.5] brunet
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, n. [F. brunet,
brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG.
br?n. See Brown, a.]
A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. --
a. Having a dark tint.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brunet
adj 1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or
skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet,
brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired]
n 1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "brunet":
ash blond, auburn-haired, beige, black-haired, black-locked,
bleached blond, blond, brown, brown-haired, brownish,
brownish-yellow, carrottop, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa,
cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dark-skinned, drab, dun,
dun-brown, dun-drab, dusky, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous,
goldilocks, grege, hazel, honey blond, khaki, lurid, nut-brown,
olive-brown, olive-drab, peroxide blond, platinum blond,
raven-haired, raven-tressed, redhead, seal, seal-brown, sepia,
snuff-colored, sorrel, strawberry blond, swart, swarth, swarthy,
tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, towhead, umber,
umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, xanthous, yellowish-brown