Synonyms for brow
braʊbrow

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brow, foreheadnoun

   the part of the face above the eyes

   Synonyms:
   os frontale, hilltop, forehead, frontal bone, eyebrow, supercilium

2. eyebrow, brow, superciliumnoun

   the arch of hair above each eye

   Synonyms:
   hilltop, forehead, eyebrow, supercilium

3. hilltop, brownoun

   the peak of a hill

   "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"

   Synonyms:
   hilltop, forehead, eyebrow, supercilium

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1. • Feature
   • Hair
   • Peak

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. brownoun

   Synonyms:
   forehead

2. brownoun

   Synonyms:
   edge (as of a precipice), brink, border

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1. brownoun

   Synonyms:
   forehead

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "brow":

   front, forehead

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1. Tieck:

   He is not dead who departs this life with high fame; dead is he, though living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

2. Juergen Gansel:

   Germans have earned this money by the sweat of their brow, be it at a desk or at the steelworks here in Riesa ... so that a distant and anti-grassroots government can hand out horns of plenty as if it's the world's social welfare office.

3. Fabrice:

   A Scottish, mopping his brow with his kilt was accused of indecent exposure!

4. Adrienne Rich:

   As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.

5. Charles Hendrickson Brower:

   A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.