Darkness Synonyms and Antonyms

Absence of light
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dark
  2. night
  3. dimness
  4. murkiness
  5. obscurity
  6. blackness
  7. gloom
  8. dusk
  9. duskiness
  10. murk
  11. tenebrosity
  12. twilight
  13. shadiness
  14. shade
  15. shadowiness
  16. smokiness
  17. lightlessness
  18. pitch darkness
  19. concealment
  20. crepuscule
  21. eclipse
  22. nightfall
  23. cloudiness
  24. infuscation
  25. opacity
  26. isolation
  27. somberness
  28. inkiness
  29. swarthiness
  30. melanism
  31. Stygian darkness
  32. Cimmerian shade
  33. Egyptian blackness
  34. obfuscation
  35. obscureness
  36. shades of evening
  37. shades of night
  38. palpable darkness
  39. privacy
  40. secrecy
  41. shadow
  42. unawareness
  43. unenlightenment
  44. wickedness
Ignorance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. backwardness
  2. benightedness
  3. unenlightenment
Antonyms:
  1. comprehension
  2. knowledge
  3. sense
  4. sensibility
  5. enlightening
  6. understanding
  7. intelligence
  8. cognizance
Secrecy
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. concealment
  2. obscurity
  3. inscrutability
  4. seclusion
Gloominess
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. somberness
  2. bleakness
  3. grimness
  4. duskiness
  5. pessimism
  6. blackishness
  7. duskness
  8. funereality
  9. swarthiness
  10. intransparency
  11. opaqueness
  12. swartness
  13. turbidness
Antonyms:
  1. light
  2. lightness

Words Related to Darkness

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Darkness Sentence Examples

  • She stared into the early darkness of a thick cloud cover.

  • In the darkness, he was alone.

  • In the darkness, Alex found her and pulled her into his arms.

  • In darkness again, he dropped his hands.

  • Darkness engulfed me as I felt his foot kick my side repeatedly.

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