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Synonyms for darkness
ˈdɑrk nɪs

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dark, darkness(noun)

    absence of light or illumination

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

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  2. darkness, dark, shadow(noun)

    an unilluminated area

    "he moved off into the darkness"

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

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  3. iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark(noun)

    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, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injustice

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  4. dark, darkness(noun)

    an unenlightened state

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

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

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  5. darkness(noun)

    having a dark or somber color

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

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  6. darkness, duskiness, swarthiness(noun)

    a swarthy complexion

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

    Antonyms:
    lightness

Wiktionary

  1. darkness(noun)

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  2. darkness(noun)

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  3. darkness(noun)

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  4. darkness(noun)

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  5. darkness(noun)

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  6. darkness(noun)

    Antonyms:
    lightness

English Synonyms and Antonyms

  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

Editors Contribution

  1. evenfall

    it is dark out at evenfall.

    Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes

  1. darkness(n.)

    Synonyms:
    obscurity, dimness, dark, want of light

  2. darkness(n.)

    Synonyms:
    ignorance, blindness, want of knowledge

  3. darkness(n.)

    Synonyms:
    gloom, despondency, cheerlessness, joylessness

PPDB, the paraphrase database

  1. List of paraphrases:

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

How to pronounce darkness?

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Alex
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Daniel
Daniel
British
Karen
Karen
Australian
Veena
Veena
Indian

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#594night
#1640dark
#3009evil
#3994sin
#4505shadow
#5503trace
#5936tail
#6663darkness
#8025shade
#9683phantom
#17473injustice
#18076dusk
#25864nighttime
#28338gloom
#36428obscurity
#39121wickedness
#40660iniquity
#45658blackness
#50492apparition
#51887tincture
#52055immorality
#58948unfairness
#59093ugliness
#73055phantasm
#84046vestige
#101206sinfulness
#172856dimness
#205540vileness
#248162obscurantism
#330484gloominess

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