Home › Words › D › darkskindarkskindarkskin means A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.EtymologyFrom dark + skin.nounA black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.blackskin 79% match — Somebody with dark-coloured flesh. vs darkskin →darkey 74% match — A person with dark skin. vs darkskin →blackskinned 74% match — Of or relating to a black person. vs darkskin →melanoderm 73% match — A person with dark skin. vs darkskin →lightskin 71% match — A black, mixed race, Indigenous, Latino, or other person of color who has relatively light-coloured skin. vs darkskin →brownskin 70% match — A person with brown-colored skin. vs darkskin →ditsoon 69% match — A dark-skinned person, especially an African-American. vs darkskin →lightie 64% match — A black person with relatively light-coloured skin. vs darkskin →