Antonyms for darkness
ˈdɑrk nɪsdark·ness

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1. darknessnoun

   Antonyms:
   lightness

2. darknessnoun

   Antonyms:
   lightness

3. darknessnoun

   Antonyms:
   lightness

4. darknessnoun

   Antonyms:
   lightness

5. darknessnoun

   Antonyms:
   lightness

6. darknessnoun

   Antonyms:
   lightness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darkness

   Antonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

   Synonyms:
   blackness, dark, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

Matched Categories

1. • Complexion
   • Condition
   • Illumination
   • Scene
   • Unenlightenment
   • Value

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dark, darknessnoun

   absence of light or illumination

   Antonyms:
   lightness

   Synonyms:
   duskiness, shadow, swarthiness, night, dark, nighttime, wickedness, iniquity

2. darkness, dark, shadownoun

   an unilluminated area

   "he moved off into the darkness"

   Antonyms:
   lightness

   Synonyms:
   nighttime, fantasm, shadower, night, phantom, shadow, iniquity, tincture, dark, wickedness, trace, phantasm, vestige, swarthiness, tail, phantasma, duskiness, apparition

3. iniquity, wickedness, darkness, darknoun

   absence of moral or spiritual values

   "the powers of darkness"

   Antonyms:
   lightness

   Synonyms:
   swarthiness, immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, lousiness, sin, ugliness, shadow, nighttime, iniquity, night, dark, wickedness, evil, duskiness, unfairness, sliminess, repulsiveness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injustice

4. dark, darknessnoun

   an unenlightened state

   "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

   Antonyms:
   lightness

   Synonyms:
   duskiness, shadow, swarthiness, night, dark, nighttime, wickedness, iniquity

5. darknessnoun

   having a dark or somber color

   Antonyms:
   lightness

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, swarthiness, iniquity, dark, duskiness, shadow

6. darkness, duskiness, swarthinessnoun

   a swarthy complexion

   Antonyms:
   lightness

   Synonyms:
   duskiness, shadow, swarthiness, dark, wickedness, dimness, iniquity

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1. darknessnoun

   Synonyms:
   obscurity, shadow, dimness, gloom, infuscation, murkiness, obfuscation, tenebrosity, unenlightenment

   Associated words:
   erebus, ahriman, cimmerii

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bioluminescence

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

2. sirajnoun

   it's an arabic word for lamp, light.

   siraj is a boy name, having the origin from arabic.

   Submitted by saqibtirmzi on December 12, 2021  

How to use darkness in a sentence?

1. David Berkowitz Chicago:

   By means of art, man values the value of his worldview and the event. With it, the man moves to the ground and phosphoresces at the darkness of reality, illuminating his dark path with its splendor, like a magical dark-eyed eye, so it moves between the stars and so lives.

2. Moustafa Nouraldeen:

   The person who tasted the darkness of ignorance realized that science is light.

3. Havelock Ellis:

   I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

4. Neilia Hunter Biden:

   They helped me find my purpose in a sea of darkness and pain.

5. David Weatherford:

   We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness.

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