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. Alan Jamieson:

   We were just watching the video back and saw the thing come out of the darkness.

2. Miguel de Unamuno:

   Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

3. Jon Voight:

   My dear friends, we're all saddened by so much turmoil that has been brought upon this life we live, can this darkness be lifted ? Can we all share joy once again and see eye to eye ?

4. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Chapter 1:

   The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.

5. Louis Aragon:

   There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he can dispense with in describing the light, is error with its unknown characteristics. Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.

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