dark age

The phrase “dark age” has 2 syllables: dark age

It's pronounced as /dɑːrk eɪdʒ/


What is synonym and antonym for dark age?

In the thesaurus, “dark age” has 58 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for dark age

Antonyms for dark age

  • accretion
  • accrual
  • addendum
  • addition
  • advancement
  • ascent
  • augmentation
  • blossoming
  • boost
  • development
  • enhancement
  • evolution
  • flourishing
  • flowering
  • gain
  • growth
  • heightening
  • increase
  • increment
  • raise
  • renewal
  • restoration
  • revitalization
  • rise
  • supplement
  • upswing

Example Sentences

  • The fall of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of the dark age in Europe.
  • Historians often refer to the period following the collapse of civilizations as the dark age.
  • The lack of historical records during the dark age makes it difficult to fully understand that era.
  • Scholars debate the extent of intellectual decline during the dark age.
  • Despite the challenges of the dark age, new forms of art and culture emerged.

On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dark age, such as: abasement, abatement, accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, advancement.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ebb

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • atrophy
  • backflow
  • break down
  • breakup
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • corrupt
  • crumble
  • crumbling
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • debilitate
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decompose
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degenerate
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • degrade
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • die down
  • die out
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegrate
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsize
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • ease off
  • eclipse
  • evaporate
  • fade away
  • fading away
  • fail
  • fall
  • fall away
  • fall back
  • falloff
  • flag
  • flagging
  • flow back
  • give out
  • go out
  • go to pot
  • go to seed
  • going out
  • havoc
  • lag
  • languish
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • loss
  • low tide
  • low water
  • lower
  • lowering
  • melt
  • moderate
  • molder
  • nadir
  • outward flow
  • pall
  • peter out
  • petering out
  • phase down
  • putrefy
  • recede
  • recession
  • reduce
  • reduction
  • refluence
  • reflux
  • regress
  • relax
  • relent
  • remit
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrocede
  • retrocession
  • retroflux
  • retrograde
  • rot
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • run down
  • run to seed
  • sag
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • sink
  • sinking
  • slacken
  • slackening
  • slip
  • slump
  • sour
  • spoil
  • spoiling
  • subside
  • subsidence
  • sunset
  • sweep
  • taper
  • taper off
  • undermine
  • vanish
  • wane
  • waning
  • weaken
  • weakening
  • wilt
  • withdraw
  • withdrawal
  • worsen

eclipse

  • abasement
  • abatement
  • adumbrate
  • beat
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • best
  • better
  • blot out
  • breakup
  • clobber
  • cloud
  • concealment
  • conquer
  • crumbling
  • crush
  • dark age
  • darken
  • darkening
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • defeat
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • dim
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dimming
  • dip
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • drub
  • ebb
  • exceed
  • excel
  • extinction
  • extinguish
  • extinguishment
  • fall
  • falloff
  • go one better
  • havoc
  • lessening
  • lick
  • loss
  • lowering
  • master
  • murk
  • nadir
  • obliteration
  • obscuration
  • occultation
  • one-up
  • outbalance
  • outclass
  • outcompete
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outgun
  • outmatch
  • outpace
  • outperform
  • outrace
  • outrun
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • outweigh
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpass
  • overrun
  • overshadow
  • overtop
  • penumbra
  • reduction
  • rotting
  • rout
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • run circles around
  • run rings around
  • sag
  • shading
  • shadow
  • shame
  • shrinkage
  • shroud
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slump
  • spoiling
  • subdue
  • sunset
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • thrash
  • top
  • tower above
  • transcend
  • trim
  • trounce
  • trump
  • veil
  • wallop
  • whip
  • worst

fall

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • angle
  • arrive
  • back down
  • backslide
  • basin
  • be casualty
  • be destroyed
  • be killed
  • be lost
  • be precipitated
  • be taken
  • become
  • befall
  • belly flop
  • bend
  • bite the dust
  • bomb
  • bottom
  • bow
  • bow out
  • breach
  • break
  • break down
  • break the law
  • breakdown
  • breakup
  • buckle
  • burnout
  • buy it
  • buy the farm
  • cant
  • capitulate
  • capitulation
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • cave in
  • chance
  • check out
  • chute
  • cock
  • collapse
  • come about
  • come to pass
  • comedown
  • compress
  • concede
  • condense
  • constrict
  • consume
  • contract
  • crash
  • crater
  • croak
  • crumbling
  • crumple
  • curtailment
  • cut
  • cutback
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • death
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decease
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • declivity
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deduction
  • defeat
  • defer to
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demise
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • dent
  • depart
  • depletion
  • depreciate
  • depreciation
  • depression
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • die
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disappear
  • disappointment
  • disaster
  • disgrace
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • dive
  • down
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downhill
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • downward slope
  • drag
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop down
  • drop-off
  • dry up
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • eat dirt
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • end
  • err
  • evaporate
  • exit
  • expire
  • fade
  • fail
  • failure
  • fall away
  • fall from grace
  • fall to pieces
  • falling-off
  • falloff
  • falter
  • flag
  • flameout
  • flatline
  • flop
  • flume
  • flump
  • flunk
  • fold
  • fold up
  • forfeit
  • founder
  • free-fall
  • give in
  • give out
  • give up
  • give up the ghost
  • give way
  • go
  • go down
  • go under
  • gravitate
  • hand over
  • hang
  • hanging
  • havoc
  • header
  • heel
  • hit the dirt
  • hollow
  • humiliation
  • incline
  • infringe
  • keel
  • keel over
  • kick in
  • kick off
  • kick the bucket
  • knuckle under
  • land
  • lapse
  • lean
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • lie down
  • list
  • lose
  • loss
  • lower
  • lowering
  • meltdown
  • mess up
  • miss
  • misstep
  • moderate
  • nadir
  • nose-dive
  • nosedive
  • obey
  • occur
  • offend
  • pall
  • part
  • pass away
  • pass into enemy hands
  • peg out
  • perish
  • phase down
  • pitch
  • plonk
  • plop
  • plummet
  • plummeting
  • plunge
  • plunk
  • pop off
  • pratfall
  • precipitate
  • predecease
  • recede
  • recession
  • recline
  • reduction
  • regress
  • relapse
  • relax
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • remit
  • resign
  • resignation
  • retreat
  • retrenchment
  • reversal
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • setback
  • settle
  • shoot
  • shortening
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • shute
  • sin
  • sink
  • sinking
  • skid
  • slacken
  • slant
  • slide
  • slip
  • slope
  • slump
  • snuff it
  • spill
  • spin
  • spoiling
  • step out
  • step-down
  • stray
  • strike out
  • stumble
  • submit
  • subside
  • subtraction
  • succumb
  • sunset
  • surrender
  • take a header
  • take place
  • take the count
  • tank
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw
  • tilt
  • tip
  • tip over
  • topple
  • totter
  • trail
  • transgress
  • trespass
  • trip
  • tumble
  • undoing
  • vanish
  • violate
  • wander
  • wane
  • wash out
  • waterfall
  • weaken
  • white water
  • wipe out
  • yield

decadence

declension


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