Synonyms for sable
ˈseɪ bəlsable

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1. sable

   Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.

   Compare synonyms for LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, murky, mysterious, obscure, opaque, shadowy, shady, somber, swart, swarthy

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white

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1. sable

   Synonyms:
   dark, black, sombre, ebon

   Antonyms:
   bright, light, white, ivory

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencilnoun

   an artist's brush made of sable hairs

   Synonyms:
   ebony, coal black, pitch black, sable's hair pencil, sable brush, jet black, soot black

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

2. sablenoun

   the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

   Synonyms:
   ebony, sable's hair pencil, sable brush, soot black, jet black, pitch black, coal black

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

3. coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot blacknoun

   a very dark black

   Synonyms:
   ebony, coal black, pitch black, sable's hair pencil, sable brush, jet black, ebony tree, soot black

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

4. sablenoun

   a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

   Synonyms:
   ebony, sable's hair pencil, sable brush, soot black, jet black, pitch black, coal black

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

5. sable, Martes zibellinaadjective

   marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

   Synonyms:
   ebony, coal black, pitch black, sable's hair pencil, sable brush, jet black, soot black

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

6. sableadjective

   of a dark somewhat brownish black

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

Matched Categories

1. • Black
   • Brush
   • Fur
   • Scarf

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1. sablenoun

   Synonyms:
   zibelline marten (mustela zibellina)

2. sablenoun

   Synonyms:
   pine marten, american sable (Mustela abietum)

3. sableadjective

   Synonyms:
   dark, dusky

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1. List of paraphrases for "sable":

   sand, sandy, sands

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1. List of known nicknames for "Sable":

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How to use sable in a sentence?

1. Dennis Basso Boutique:

   They knew what they were looking for, they broke down the door to my Madison Avenue store at 5 a.m. on Christmas Eve and took only the most expensive sable coats.