as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of brownie
Flavors of molasses on the attack, followed by Oreos, black currant juice, black cherries, fudge, dark brownies, raspberry juice and dark honey on the finish.
—
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Ladies and gentlemen, Vaughn Vreeland’s triple-chocolate brownies.
—Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Then came the bigger experiments—brownies, blondies, ice cream cakes.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Remove brownies from pan using parchment overhang as handles; place on a cutting board.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brownie
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Ladies and gentlemen, Vaughn Vreeland’s triple-chocolate brownies.
—Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Then came the bigger experiments—brownies, blondies, ice cream cakes.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Remove brownies from pan using parchment overhang as handles; place on a cutting board.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brownie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownie
Noun
-
Kelsey recently began selling her wreath attachments — such as big-eyed felt bunnies for Easter, and elves and snowmen for Christmas — in her Etsy store, Peppermint Sue’s Perfections.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
-
Past racial tension between elves and humans is all but ignored in the plot.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
-
This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
In his statement, Hendrix said the sprites at the Biltmore are replicas of designs at Wright’s Midway Gardens project in Chicago, which was built in 1914 and demolished in 1929.—
Corina Vanek,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Dec. 2024
-
Red sprites, also known as red lightning, occur during some extremely intense thunderstorms.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
1 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.—
Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
1 Feb. 2023
-
The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2023
Noun
-
Created via motion-capture performances, puppets and voice acting, these haphazard CGI troll wannabes seem supremely out of place in a movie full of humans and one chatty mirror.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
-
The next advantage logically follows from the previous one—minimizing the risks of theft and exhausting litigation with competitors and IP infringers (for example, pirates or patent trolls), which could arise in the event of an incomplete legislative framework.—
Olena Orliuk,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Brownie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownie. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share