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, darkness, 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, darkness, 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, darkness, 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, darkness, 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, darkness, 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. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk:

   I demand from the ministry and local authorities to stop lighting billboards, government buildings, central streets at a time when the whole country is in darkness.

2. Gerald Ford:

   America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the strongernot only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.

3. Elimelech Goldberg:

   The more people this can spread to, the more chance we have to build a global platform that allows us to reach out to the children all over the world to breath in the light and blow out the darkness,”

4. Taylor Smith:

   That's my mom. Giving still, even when there's nothing left to give. I'm so proud of her, my mom was always helping people. I'm honored to be the daughter of someone who brought so much to everyone's lives. Even in this darkness, she's still shines some light for us.

5. Tessa Virtue:

   We wanted to make a bit of a different statement, and if that was bringing a certain edge or sexuality or darkness or a contemporary feeling to it, mission accomplished I guess.

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