Dark


Synonyms for dark
adj lack of light

dim
misty
murky
shadowy
overcast
somber
cloudy
dingy
gloomy
black
drab
foggy

dull
faint
dusk
dusky
grimy
indistinct
inky
lurid
nebulous
obscure
opaque
shady

sooty
sunless
tenebrous
vague
blackish
caliginous
clouded
pitch-black
pitchy
shaded
darkened
dun

cimmerian
aphotic
atramentous
crepuscular
ill-lighted
lightless
obfuscous
pitch-dark
rayless
stygian
unlighted
unlit

Antonyms for dark

intelligent
cheerful
joyful
vivacious
illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
encouraging

moral
pleased
bright
clear
distinct
light
good
smart
luminous
sparkling

sunny
happy
clean
brilliant
lucid
radiant
shining
apparent
plain
hopeful

Synonyms
adj shaded complexion, hair

tan
black
brunette
brunet

ebony
sable
dusky
swarthy

bistered
adumbral
dark-complexioned
dark-skinned

ebon
swart

Antonyms

illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
encouraging
moral
cheerful

pleased
bright
brilliant
light
lucid
luminous
radiant
shining

apparent
distinct
plain
hopeful
good
happy

Synonyms
adj hidden, secret

mysterious
deep
occult
mystic
abstruse
anagogic

arcane
cabalistic
complicated
concealed
cryptic
enigmatic

esoteric
intricate
knotty
mystical
obscure
puzzling

recondite
mystifying
Delphian
not known

Antonyms

illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
encouraging
moral
cheerful

pleased
bright
brilliant
light
lucid
luminous
radiant
shining

apparent
distinct
plain
hopeful
good
happy

Synonyms
adj grim, hopeless

sinister
somber
gloomy
drab

ominous
bleak
foreboding
cheerless

dismal
doleful
joyless
morbid

morose
mournful
unpropitious

Antonyms

cheerful
joyful
encouraging
illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
moral

pleased
nice
happy
bright
sunny
brilliant
light
lucid
luminous

radiant
shining
apparent
distinct
plain
hopeful
good

Synonyms
adj evil, satanic

sinister
bad
infernal
foul

atrocious
corrupt
damnable
hellish

horrible
immoral
infamous
nefarious

sinful
vile
wicked

Antonyms

honest
illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
encouraging
moral

cheerful
pleased
good
just
bright
brilliant
light
lucid

luminous
radiant
shining
apparent
distinct
plain
hopeful
happy

Synonyms
adj ignorant

uncultivated
unenlightened

benighted
unlettered

unread

Antonyms

illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
encouraging
moral
cheerful

pleased
bright
brilliant
light
lucid
luminous
radiant
shining

apparent
distinct
plain
hopeful
good
happy

Synonyms
adj angry, upset

ominous
forbidding
sulky

dour
frowning
glum

sullen
threatening
glowering

scowling

Antonyms

illuminated
visible
vivid
evident
manifest
encouraging
moral
cheerful

pleased
bright
brilliant
light
lucid
luminous
radiant
shining

apparent
distinct
plain
hopeful
good
happy

Synonyms
noun place, time without light

darkness
shade
dusk
gloom
evening
opacity

obscurity
midnight
night
nighttime
dimness
murk

nightfall
murkiness
twilight
duskiness
witching hour
shadows

semidarkness
caliginosity
dead of night

Antonyms

daybreak
daylight
morning
cognizance
sensibility

brightness
light
day
daytime
illumination

lightness
enlightening
intelligence
sense
understanding

Synonyms
noun ignorance; mystery

concealment
thickness

secrecy
seclusion

inscrutability
denseness

Antonyms

revelation
daylight
morning
cognizance
sensibility

brightness
day
daytime
illumination
light

lightness
enlightening
intelligence
sense
understanding

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