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Another word for black

ADJ

  1. Of the darkest achromatic visual value

    See also:

    colors

  2. Having little or no light

    See also:

    light

  3. Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities

    See also:

    clean

  4. Morally objectionable

    See also:

    right

  5. Dark and depressing

    See also:

    light

    happy

  6. Characterized by intense ill will or spite

    See also:

    attitude

VERB

  1. To make dirty

    See also:

    clean

Idioms

void

black out

  1. To suffer temporary lack of consciousness

    See also:

    awareness

black out

  1. To keep from being published or transmitted

    Idiom:

    keep (or put) a lid on

    See also:

    show

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for black

VERB

  1. See also:

    shade

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • It's just a black snake.

  • A black cloud seemed to cover the earth.

  • Matthew had thick black hair, but Natalie's was blonde.

  • Another rider appeared on a black horse.

  • A quick glance through the window revealed the black car stopping beside the building.

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