dark-skinned

1. 1.

   naturally having skin of a dark color

   “a dark-skinned beauty”

   “gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks”

   “a smile on his swarthy face”

   “`swart' is archaic”

   Synonymsduskyswartswarthy

   Similarbrunet

   archaism

Questions about dark-skinned

What does dark-skinned mean?

dark-skinned means "naturally having skin of a dark color".

How many syllables are in dark-skinned?

dark-skinned has 2 syllables: dark--skinned. The stress falls on "dark-".

What is another word for dark-skinned?

Close synonyms include dusky, swart, swarthy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dark-skinned a common word?

dark-skinned is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.