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Synonyms for darkness
ˈdɑrk nɪsdark·ness

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. darknessnoun

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  2. darknessnoun

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  3. darknessnoun

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  4. darknessnoun

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  5. darknessnoun

    Antonyms:
    lightness

  6. darknessnoun

    Antonyms:
    lightness

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dark, darknessnoun

    absence of light or illumination

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

    Antonyms:
    lightness

Editors Contribution4.0 / 1 vote

  1. evenfall

    it is dark out at evenfall.

    Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. darknessnoun

    Synonyms:
    obscurity, dimness, dark, want of light

  2. darknessnoun

    Synonyms:
    ignorance, blindness, want of knowledge

  3. darknessnoun

    Synonyms:
    gloom, despondency, cheerlessness, joylessness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. darknessnoun

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

    Associated words:
    erebus, ahriman, cimmerii

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "darkness":

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

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#205540vileness
#248162obscurantism
#330484gloominess

How to use darkness in a sentence?

  1. J. Michael Straczynski, Babylon 5 (Television Series):

    There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope. The death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender.

  2. Rick Jones:

    I recommend you simply ignore it, they hope for attention. In other states they have won by getting all displays banned. We will not allow them to win in Michigan. They can have their snake and all the darkness it represents.

  3. Andrew Schneider:

    Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can really experience things like,...silence. Silence and darkness in its purity. Right now, right outside my window all I can see is a black void. Endless darkness. It's totally exhilarating, and I feel very lucky to be here. Very, very lucky.

  4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.

  5. Joe Mobley:

    This was done in darkness, undercover of darkness and largely under emergency during COVID. What's done in darkness comes to light, parents are waking up. Teachers are waking up and we actually have a large cohort of students who are speaking out against CRT.


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