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. Danielle Ever Rose:

   I exist somewhere in between yesterday’s sun and tonight’s darkness, standing on the edge of tomorrow, waiting for a shooting star.

2. Becky Stewart:

   Becky recalled. Shawn and Becky Stewart with daughter Maddie, now age three. The East Stroudsburg parents recently coordinated for two cosplay actors dressed as Disney's Cinderella and Moana to give their young daughter a birthday shoutout. (SWNS) CLICK HERE FOR FOX NEWS CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE In a larger sense, the grateful parent voiced her thanks for those going above and beyond to brighten up childrens birthdays and milestones amid the darkness of the pandemic. This is such a difficult time for everyone, so its really phenomenal that Maddie and other kids still get to have something special happen on their birthdays. It definitely made my daughters day.

3. Anne Frank:

   Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Darkness does not age; nothing is always nothing.

5. Carl Gustav Jung:

   As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

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