Synonyms 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

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

   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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dark, darknessnoun

   absence of light or illumination

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

   Antonyms:
   lightness

2. darkness, dark, shadownoun

   an unilluminated area

   "he moved off into the darkness"

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

   Antonyms:
   lightness

3. iniquity, wickedness, darkness, darknoun

   absence of moral or spiritual values

   "the powers of darkness"

   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:
   lightness

4. dark, darknessnoun

   an unenlightened state

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

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

   Antonyms:
   lightness

5. darknessnoun

   having a dark or somber color

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

   Antonyms:
   lightness

6. darkness, duskiness, swarthinessnoun

   a swarthy complexion

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

   Antonyms:
   lightness

Matched Categories

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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. evenfall

   it is dark out at evenfall.

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

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1. darknessnoun

   Synonyms:
   obscurity, dimness, dark, want of light

2. darknessnoun

   Synonyms:
   ignorance, blindness, want of knowledge

3. darknessnoun

   Synonyms:
   gloom, despondency, cheerlessness, joylessness

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1. darknessnoun

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

   Associated words:
   erebus, ahriman, cimmerii

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1. List of paraphrases for "darkness":

   dark, obscurity, blackness, gloom, obscurantism, shadow, night, black

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1. Jill Biden:

   We ask you to join us to remember. So we can heal. To find purpose, and the work ahead to show that there is light in the darkness, this nation will smile again. This nation will know sunny days again. This nation will know joy again.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   There is a dark side to all in this universe. Even this earth is dark for twelve hours in cycles. Darkness is simply absence of light, learn to be comfortable in it too. Life's wisdom grows when you experience to live in contrast and grow amidst contradictions. Let not any darkness leave you paralysed, expand your awareness switch on your inner light and be illuminised, get MickeyMized.

3. Miguel de Unamuno:

   Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   When it's hard to to get through another hour and another minute, refuse to believe the lies of darkness, make a conscious decision to focus on light and practice gratitude for what you have.

5. Mariana Fulger:

   Life – a sort of a plate of real-imaginary from which I nibble together with the birds of light and darkness, with the poor and well-to-do of the world at grains of to be once rough (like sharp stones), other times more like the pulp of pomegranates and ripe figs; stairs I have to climb in myself and climb down… to sometimes walk along the roads of infinity, other times, how many, to stop before the first step, waiting for the path home…