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, 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

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  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

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1. darknessnoun

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

   Associated words:
   erebus, ahriman, cimmerii

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "darkness":

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

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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.