dark

The word “dark” has 1 syllable: dark

It's pronounced as /dɑːrk/

What is synonym and antonym for dark?

In the thesaurus, “dark” has 450 synonyms and 264 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dark along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for dark

Cimmerian
Delphian
Delphic
abstruse
ambiguous
anagogic
analphabetic
aphotic
arcane
artless
atramentous
atrocious
bad
baffling
banned
barred
base
beclouded
bedimmed
befogged
benighted
bewildering
black
blackish
blackness
blackout
blamable
blameworthy
bleak
blue
brainless
brownout
brunet
brunette
cabalistic
caliginous
callow
candlelight
censurable
cheerless
chill
cimmerian
circuitous
clandestine
cloaked
close
closemouthed
clouded
cloudiness
cloudy
cold
colorless
comfortless
complex
complicated
concealed
concealment
condemned
confounding
confusing
contemptible
corrupt
covert
crepuscular
cruel
cryptic
cursed
curst
cussed
damnable
darkened
darkening
darkish
darkling
darkness
darksome
dead of night
debased
debauched
deep
defiling
degenerate
dejected
denseness
depraved
depressed
depressing
depressive
desolate
desperate
despicable
despondent
difficult
dim
dimmed
dimness
dimout
dingy
dire
dirty
disallowed
discomfiting
disconsolate
discouraged
discouraging
discreet
disguised
disheartening
dishonest
dishonorable
dismal
dismaying
dispiriting
disreputable
dissolute
distressful
distressing
doleful
double-edged
dour
down
drab
drear
dreary
dreich
droopy
dull
dulled
dullness
dulness
dumb
dun
dusk
dusky
eerie
eery
elegiac
elegiacal
elliptic
elliptical
enigmatic
enigmatical
equivocal
errant
erring
esoteric
evening
evil
evil-minded
execrable
faint
faintness
fallen
fogginess
foggy
foolish
forbidden
forbidding
foreboding
forlorn
foul
frowning
fuliginous
functionally illiterate
funereal
furtive
fuzzy
gloaming
gloom
gloominess
gloomy
glowering
glum
godforsaken
gray
grayness
green
grey
grim
half-light
hangdog
haziness
hazy
hellish
hopeless
horrible
hugger-mugger
idiotic
idiotical
ignoble
ignorant
ill
ill-lighted
illegal
illiterate
imbecile
imbecilic
immoral
impalpable
impenetrable
improper
inappreciable
incomprehensible
inconsolable
incorrect
indecent
indecipherable
indecorous
indefinite
indirect
indistinct
indistinguishable
inexact
inexperienced
inexplicable
inexplicit
infamous
infernal
iniquitous
inky
innocent
innumerate
inscrutability
inscrutable
intangible
interdicted
intricate
invisible
joyless
knotty
lackluster
lamentable
leaden
libertine
lightless
lonely
lonesome
loose
louring
loury
lousy
low
low-minded
lowbrow
lowering
lowery
lugubrious
lurid
masked
mean
melancholic
melancholy
menacing
midnight
mirthless
miserable
mistiness
misty
moonless
morbid
moronic
morose
mournful
muddy
murk
murkiness
murky
mysterious
mystic
mystical
mystifying
naive
nasty
naughty
nebulous
nefarious
negative
night
nightfall
nighttime
noncommittal
nonliterate
not known
noxious
obfuscatory
obfuscous
objectionable
obnubilated
obscene
obscurant
obscurantic
obscure
obscured
obscurity
obtuse
occult
offensive
ominous
opaque
oppressive
outlawed
overcast
pale
paleness
pernicious
perplexing
perverted
pessimistic
pestilential
philistine
pitch-black
pitch-dark
pitchy
plaintive
plutonian
prohibited
proscribed
prudent
puzzling
questionable
quiet
raw
rayless
recondite
reprehensible
reprobate
reserved
reticent
rotten
roundabout
rude
sad
saturnine
scowling
scrofulous
seclusion
secrecy
secret
secretive
semidarkness
semiliterate
senseless
sepulchral
shade
shaded
shadiness
shadowlike
shadows
shadowy
shady
shrouded
sick
silent
silly
simple
sinful
sinister
smoggy
sneak
sneaky
snide
solemn
somber
somberness
sombre
sooty
sordid
sorrowful
soupy
sphinxlike
starless
stealthy
stupid
stygian
sulky
sullen
sunless
surreptitious
swart
swarthy
taciturn
tenebrific
tenebrous
thickness
threatening
tight-lipped
tight-mouthed
twilight
twilit
ugly
umbra
umbrage
unanswerable
unauthorized
unbecoming
uncanny
uncertain
unclean
unclear
uncommunicative
uncultivated
uncultured
undefined
undercover
underhand
underhanded
undetermined
uneducated
unenlightened
unethical
unfathomable
ungodly
unhappy
unhealthy
uninstructed
unknowable
unknowledgeable
unlawful
unlearned
unlettered
unlighted
unlit
unprincipled
unpropitious
unread
unrighteous
unsavory
unschooled
unscrupulous
unseemly
unskilled
unsophisticated
untaught
untrained
untutored
unwholesome
upsetting
vague
vicious
vile
villainous
vulgar
weird
wicked
witching hour
witless
woebegone
woeful
wretched
wrong

Antonyms for dark

abetted
ablaze
accessible
acquainted
afternoon
agleam
aglitter
alight
allowed
apparent
appreciable
approved
ashen
ashy
authorized
aware
beaming
beamy
blameless
blatant
blaze
blithe
blithesome
blunt
bright
brightened
brightness
brilliance
brilliant
buoyant
candid
certain
chaste
cheerful
cheering
cheery
clean
clear
cognizance
comforting
commendable
communicative
comprehensible
cordial
correct
creditable
cultivated
cultured
dawn
day
daybreak
daylight
daytime
decent
decorous
defined
definite
determined
direct
distinct
educated
effulgence
effulgent
elevated
encouraged
encouraging
endorsed
enlightenment
erudite
esteemed
ethical
evident
exact
exemplary
experienced
expert
explicit
familiar
fathomable
festive
firm
floodlighted
floodlit
forenoon
frank
friendly
gay
glare
glaring
glossy
glow
glowing
good
guiltless
happy
heartwarming
high
high noon
high-minded
highbrow
highlighted
honest
honorable
hopeful
illuminated
illumination
illumined
immaculate
incandescence
incandescent
incorruptible
indorsed
innocent
inoffensive
intellectual
intelligence
intelligent
intelligible
irreproachable
jocund
jolly
joyful
joyous
just
knowable
knowledgeable
lambent
law-abiding
learned
legal
legible
legitimate
lettered
licensed
light
lighted
lighthearted
lightness
lightsome
lily-white
lit
literate
lofty
lucent
lucid
luminance
luminescence
luminosity
luminous
luminousness
lustrous
manifest
merry
midday
mirthful
moonlight
moonlit
moony
moral
morning
nice
noble
nonambiguous
noon
noonday
noontide
noontime
obvious
open
optimistic
out-front
outspoken
pale
palish
pallid
palpable
pasty
patent
peaked
peaky
pellucid
perfect
permissible
permitted
plain
pleased
polyhistoric
polymath
polymathic
principled
promoted
proper
pure
radiance
radiancy
radiant
relucent
reputable
respected
resplendent
revelation
right
righteous
sallow
sanctioned
scholarly
schooled
scrupulous
seemly
self-evident
self-explanatory
sense
sensibility
shine
shining
shiny
smart
sophisticated
sparkling
spotless
spotlighted
spotlit
squeaky-clean
starlight
starlit
straightforward
strong
sublime
sunlight
sunlit
sunny
sunrise
sunshine
sunshiny
sunup
supported
sure
tactless
tangible
trained
ultrabright
unambiguous
uncorrupted
understandable
understanding
unequivocal
unerring
unfallen
unmistakable
unobjectionable
up-front
upright
upstanding
venerable
virtuous
visible
vivacious
vivid
wan
well-informed
well-read
white
wholesome
worthy

Meanings of dark

adjective
1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
2. (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
3. Hidden, secret, obscure.
4. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
5. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
6. Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.
7. With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.
noun
1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
2. Ignorance.
3. Nightfall.
4. A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
verb
1. To grow or become dark, darken.
2. To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
3. To make dark, darken; to obscure.

Example Sentences

Dark clouds gathered ominously on the horizon.
She felt a chill in the dark of the night.
The forest became dark as the sun set behind the mountains.
His room was too dark to see anything clearly.
The detective searched through the dark alley for clues.

On this page you'll find 714 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dark, such as: Cimmerian, Delphian, Delphic, abetted, ablaze, abstruse, accessible.

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