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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'dark' Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) dark, darkness
absence of light or illumination Synonyms: duskiness shadow , darkness swarthiness night , dark , nighttime wickedness , iniquity Antonyms: lighting , light , lit , white , candent , lighting-up(a) , bioluminescent , fluorescent , good-natured , pastel pale livid , palish , sunstruck , cheerful , blond , floodlighted , candescent , floodlit , bright , good , enlightened , luminescent , blonde lamplit , light-colored , light-haired , ablaze(p) , lighted , active well-lighted , incandescent , comprehensible , comprehendible , autofluorescent , reddened , unconcealed , sunlit , powdery , phosphorescent , inflamed , illuminated
2. (noun) iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
absence of moral or spiritual values Synonyms: swarthiness immorality shabbiness sinfulness lousiness , sin , ugliness shadow , nighttime , iniquity night dark wickedness evil duskiness unfairness sliminess repulsiveness darkness nefariousness loathsomeness vileness injustice Antonyms: light lighting active powdery , white pastel ablaze(p) , blond good-natured , blonde good floodlighted , well-lighted , cheerful , livid , comprehensible , enlightened incandescent , comprehendible , reddened , luminescent , candent , phosphorescent , light-haired , inflamed , lighted , lit , autofluorescent , sunlit , illuminated , candescent , pale light-colored , lamplit , floodlit , lighting-up(a) , unconcealed , palish , bioluminescent , fluorescent bright , sunstruck
3. (noun) darkness, dark, shadow
an unilluminated area Synonyms: nighttime fantasm shadower night phantom shadow iniquity tincture dark wickedness trace phantasm vestige darkness swarthiness tail phantasma duskiness apparition Antonyms: lighting light comprehendible , good bioluminescent , blonde active sunstruck , lamplit , pastel sunlit , unconcealed , inflamed , powdery , lighted , fluorescent cheerful , light-colored , pale illuminated , lit , comprehensible , candescent , floodlighted , palish , lighting-up(a) , incandescent , livid , luminescent , candent , white light-haired , ablaze(p) , enlightened well-lighted , blond bright , reddened , autofluorescent , floodlit , phosphorescent , good-natured
4. (noun) night, nighttime, dark
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside Synonyms: wickedness nighttime darkness iniquity night dark shadow Antonyms: light lighting livid , candent , light-colored , reddened , floodlit , autofluorescent , light-haired , palish , bright , powdery , ablaze(p) , sunlit , blonde well-lighted , bioluminescent , comprehensible , comprehendible , cheerful , floodlighted , lighting-up(a) , illuminated , lit , active fluorescent lighted , incandescent , white inflamed , unconcealed , blond good luminescent , pale sunstruck , enlightened lamplit , candescent , phosphorescent , good-natured , pastel 5. (adj) dark, darkness
an unenlightened state Synonyms: duskiness , shadow , darkness , swarthiness , night , dark nighttime , wickedness , iniquity Antonyms: lighting , light lamplit cheerful comprehensible floodlit powdery white phosphorescent bright active lighting-up(a) , floodlighted light-colored light-haired well-lighted bioluminescent pastel unconcealed palish pale comprehendible enlightened lit , autofluorescent candent incandescent ablaze(p) , good-natured blonde fluorescent blond reddened sunstruck candescent lighted sunlit good luminescent illuminated livid inflamed 6. (adj) dark
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black Synonyms: dreary non-white saturnine sullen dingy drear grim sour coloured gloomy morose black dismal sinister moody drab dark-skinned benighted dour obscure blue glum glowering sorry disconsolate Antonyms: lighting , light white palish inflamed comprehendible blond lamplit good-natured floodlighted candent pale unconcealed lit , blonde pastel reddened luminescent autofluorescent sunstruck incandescent lighting-up(a) , comprehensible good bright powdery ablaze(p) , cheerful well-lighted lighted enlightened floodlit light-haired fluorescent active illuminated phosphorescent livid candescent light-colored bioluminescent sunlit 7. (adj) dark
(used of color) having a dark hue Synonyms: dreary non-white saturnine sullen dingy drear grim sour coloured gloomy morose black dismal sinister moody drab dark-skinned benighted dour obscure blue glum glowering sorry disconsolate Antonyms: lighting , light active good-natured inflamed blond blonde pastel comprehensible powdery pale white good candescent bioluminescent phosphorescent incandescent lamplit fluorescent floodlighted candent bright ablaze(p) , sunstruck lit , floodlit lighted well-lighted luminescent lighting-up(a) , sunlit light-colored livid illuminated enlightened reddened unconcealed autofluorescent palish light-haired cheerful comprehendible 8. (adj) dark
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) Synonyms: dreary non-white saturnine sullen dingy drear grim sour coloured gloomy morose black dismal sinister moody drab dark-skinned benighted dour obscure blue glum glowering sorry disconsolate Antonyms: lighting , light good comprehensible autofluorescent candent palish cheerful enlightened lit , blond powdery pastel floodlighted white inflamed good-natured luminescent lighting-up(a) , floodlit light-colored lighted unconcealed comprehendible well-lighted phosphorescent pale sunlit incandescent sunstruck bioluminescent candescent lamplit livid active ablaze(p) , blonde reddened light-haired fluorescent illuminated bright 9. (adj) black, dark, sinister
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable Synonyms: blackened ominous sullen bootleg black-market disgraceful calamitous forbidding dismal dark moody non-white disconsolate threatening coloured glum fatal dark-skinned black fateful baleful smuggled inglorious menacing dim , pitch-dark glowering minatory obscure sour pitch-black grim mordant drab benighted contraband shameful saturnine disastrous smutty ignominious sorry gloomy morose bleak dingy dreary dour drear opprobrious minacious blue sinister Antonyms: lighting , light good-natured sunlit lighting-up(a) , lighted unconcealed light-colored cheerful well-lighted good white powdery inflamed lit , candescent floodlit ablaze(p) , autofluorescent bioluminescent active phosphorescent candent luminescent floodlighted livid reddened pastel fluorescent blond blonde enlightened incandescent pale palish bright light-haired comprehensible lamplit comprehendible illuminated sunstruck 10. (adj) dark
secret Synonyms: dreary non-white saturnine sullen dingy drear grim sour coloured gloomy morose black dismal sinister moody drab dark-skinned benighted dour obscure blue glum glowering sorry disconsolate Antonyms: light lighting , ablaze(p) , autofluorescent sunstruck lamplit white cheerful powdery floodlit pale enlightened fluorescent pastel palish good-natured comprehendible good lighting-up(a) , blond light-haired sunlit light-colored candescent comprehensible well-lighted candent bright reddened lighted lit , active livid phosphorescent illuminated inflamed unconcealed floodlighted luminescent bioluminescent blonde incandescent 11. (adj) dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
showing a brooding ill humor Synonyms: pertinacious heavy forbidding glum sullen dogged dark moody non-white temperamental threatening coloured disconsolate dark-skinned black gloomy drear benighted off , blue glowering obscure sour sinister turned grim saturnine tenacious off-key dour false unyielding sorry drab dingy dreary dismal persistent lowering rancid morose Antonyms: light lighting , bioluminescent ablaze(p) , sunstruck lighted illuminated powdery livid cheerful candescent sunlit fluorescent luminescent blonde lit , inflamed white palish blond good pastel floodlighted unconcealed enlightened good-natured comprehensible reddened active floodlit comprehendible pale candent lighting-up(a) , light-haired bright phosphorescent autofluorescent lamplit light-colored incandescent well-lighted 12. (adj) benighted, dark
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture Synonyms: dreary non-white saturnine sullen dingy drear grim sour coloured gloomy morose black dismal dark sinister moody drab dark-skinned benighted dour obscure blue glum glowering nighted sorry disconsolate Antonyms: light lighting , fluorescent well-lighted white phosphorescent lighting-up(a) , autofluorescent pale palish floodlighted ablaze(p) , bioluminescent candescent cheerful comprehendible sunlit powdery bright sunstruck pastel blonde light-haired lit , illuminated good-natured lighted active incandescent lamplit livid floodlit reddened comprehensible blond candent unconcealed good enlightened luminescent light-colored inflamed 13. (adj) dark, obscure
marked by difficulty of style or expression Synonyms: vague sullen unnoticeable glum dismal dark moody apart(p) , coloured disconsolate dark-skinned black gloomy benighted non-white blue glowering obscure sour unknown sinister grim dour hidden saturnine sorry drab dingy isolated dreary drear unsung morose Antonyms: light lighting , incandescent unconcealed pale pastel active cheerful blonde well-lighted lamplit good-natured inflamed candescent light-haired bright livid powdery autofluorescent comprehendible sunstruck fluorescent reddened lit , enlightened palish light-colored white floodlit comprehensible good luminescent lighting-up(a) , phosphorescent blond illuminated bioluminescent candent lighted sunlit ablaze(p) , floodlighted 14. (adj) blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
causing dejection Synonyms: black blueish non-white gloomful stern unappeasable ghastly moody forbidding relentless dingy raunchy bluish mordant sorry risque gruesome depressed dirty gamey down in the mouthlow , sinister olive-drab lamentable muddied unrelenting sullen juicy sulky bad , gloomy meritless low-spirited saturnine good-for-naught dispirited gamy down(p) , grisly good-for-nothing dark naughty unconsolable benighted sad , muddy sober gentle grubby grungy dark-skinned aristocratic inconsolable racy regretful somber spicy blue-blooded blue puritanical no-count drear macabre disconsolate no-account dreary grimy coloured inexorable puritanic aristocratical no-good deplorable glowering morose pitiful patrician profane blasphemous sombre drab glum unforgiving glooming sour blue(a) , downcast downhearted distressing dour obscure sick grim dismal begrimed Antonyms: light lighting , inflamed white powdery bright lamplit phosphorescent pale luminescent good-natured sunlit pastel autofluorescent lighted candescent lit , blonde blond comprehendible illuminated reddened unconcealed candent incandescent fluorescent livid active good light-colored palish enlightened sunstruck lighting-up(a) , comprehensible cheerful well-lighted floodlighted light-haired floodlit ablaze(p) , bioluminescent 15. (adj) colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
having skin rich in melanin pigments Synonyms: biased sullen colorful swart glum dismal dark moody non-white coloured disconsolate dark-skinned black gloomy benighted blue glowering obscure sour sinister dusky grim dingy dour saturnine sorry dyed drab slanted swarthy dreary bleached drear one-sided morose Antonyms: lighting , light lighting-up(a) , powdery well-lighted fluorescent candent pale floodlighted white light-colored candescent blonde blond sunstruck active floodlit phosphorescent good luminescent cheerful bright livid enlightened sunlit lamplit unconcealed light-haired lighted pastel palish autofluorescent ablaze(p) , comprehendible good-natured reddened incandescent illuminated inflamed bioluminescent lit , comprehensible 16. (adj) dark
not giving performances; closed Synonyms: dreary non-white saturnine sullen dingy drear grim sour coloured gloomy morose black dismal sinister moody drab dark-skinned benighted dour obscure blue glum glowering sorry disconsolate Antonyms: lighting , light sunstruck unconcealed ablaze(p) , bright pastel enlightened white livid phosphorescent active candent blond lamplit lighted blonde powdery comprehensible lit , incandescent palish floodlit inflamed pale floodlighted fluorescent light-haired candescent luminescent good-natured good cheerful autofluorescent light-colored illuminated comprehendible well-lighted lighting-up(a) , reddened sunlit bioluminescent
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'dark' English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. dark
Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the Synonyms: dark , black , dusky , mysterious , sable , somber , dim , gloomy , obscure , shadowy , swart , dismal , murky , opaque , shady , swarthy Antonyms: bright , crystalline , glowing , lucid , shining , brilliant , dazzling , illumined , luminous , transparent , clear , gleaming , light , radiant , white
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