Definition for Darkness:

• an unenlightened state; " he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; " his lectures dispelled the darkness"

Synonyms for Darkness:

• adj.

  •evil (adjective)
  • corruption.

• n.

  •
  • shade,
  • nightfall,
  • eclipse,
  • twilight,
  • sadness,
  • dusk,
  • murk,
  • shadiness.
  •
  • depravity.
  •
  • color,
  • depth.
  •blackness (noun)
  • dimness,
  • jet blackness,
  • blackness,
  • gloom,
  • dinginess.
  •cloud (noun)
  • haziness,
  • Nebulosity,
  • overcast,
  • fogginess.
  •concealment (noun)
  • secrecy.
  •dark (noun)
  • murkiness,
  • duskiness,
  • dead of night.
  •darkness (noun)
  • iniquity,
  • Inkiness,
  • shadowy,
  • murky,
  • gloominess,
  • somberness,
  • cloudiness,
  • dreariness,
  • swarthiness,
  • shadow,
  • pitch black,
  • dusky,
  • wickedness,
  • pitch-dark.
  •dimness (noun)
  • paleness.
  •ignorance (noun)
  • nescience,
  • benightedness,
  • illiteracy,
  • incomprehension,
  • unfamiliarity,
  • simplicity,
  • unenlightenment.
  •ignorance; mystery (noun)
  • inscrutability,
  • seclusion,
  • concealment,
  • privacy,
  • isolation.
  •invisibility (noun)
  • camouflage,
  • hiddenness,
  • indiscernibility,
  • invisibility,
  • latency,
  • imperceptibility.
  •night (noun)
  • nighttide.
  •obscureness (noun)
  • obscureness.
  •obscurity (noun)
  • fuzziness,
  • indistinctness.
  •place, time that is unlit (noun)
  • black,
  • shadows,
  • blackout,
  • lightlessness,
  • Tenebrosity,
  • brownout.
  •secrecy (noun)
  • huggermugger.
  •shade (noun)
  • umbra,
  • penumbra,
  • Obscuration.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • hostility,
  • obstinacy,
  • grumpiness,
  • dejection,
  • cynicism,
  • long-facedness,
  • sourness,
  • surliness,
  • meanness,
  • grimness,
  • petulance,
  • crossness,
  • moodiness,
  • fretfulness,
  • sulkiness,
  • contrariness,
  • unfriendliness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • malevolence,
  • moroseness,
  • crabbiness,
  • grouchiness,
  • melancholy,
  • sullenness,
  • glumness,
  • irascibility,
  • dourness.

Paraphrases for Darkness:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    blackness, black.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    harms, Affects.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    evil, noir, Grayling.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    shadows.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    obscurity, obscurantism, shadow, gloom, shade, shading.

Antonyms for Darkness:

• n.

  • attribute
    lightness.
  • place, time that is unlit
    daytime, sensibility, light, enlightening, daylight, lightness, brightness, cognizance, morning, intelligence, understanding, day, sense, illumination.
  • Other antonyms:
    incisiveness, noontide, afternoon, starlight, noontime, radiancy, exactness, readableness, clearness, forthrightness, noonday, legibility, tangibility, intelligibility, plainness, perspicuousness, noon, moonlight, lucidity, perspicuity, Self-evidence, openness, midday, palpability, visibility, sunlight, explicitness, incision, distinctness, high noon, certainty, readability, definiteness, obviousness, tangibleness, sunshine, straightforwardness, comprehensibility, directness, surety, Lucidness, clarity.

Homophones for Darkness:

• dracaenaceae, dressing, dorking, darkening, dressing case, drugging, dressing sack, derecognize, dragon's eye, dracenaceae, drowsiness, Dressing Sacque, drowsing, detergence, dead reckoning, detergency, derecognise, dragging.

Hyponym for Darkness:

• n.

  • attribute
    value.
  • cognition
    unenlightenment.
  • location
    scene.