English word
Dark
Definitions
adjective
- devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light
- not clear to the understanding
- not known or explored because of remoteness
- intense in color, coloring, or pigmentation : not light or fair
- secret
- possessing depth and richness
- closed to the public
- transmitting only a portion of light
- wholly or partially black
- of low or very low lightnessof a color
- being less light in color than other substances of the same kind
- arising from or showing evil traits or desires : evil
- dismal, gloomy
- lacking knowledge or culture : unenlightened
- relating to grim or depressing circumstances
Synonyms for dark
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- dim
- black
- murky
- dusk
- twilight
- unlit
- unilluminated
- ill-lit
- inky
- unlighted
Synonyms by context
(of the day or weather) Having a lack of light
adjective
- overcast
- sunless
- cloudy
- leaden
- gray
- grey
- bleak
- clouded
- dreary
Hidden from knowledge
adjective
- mysterious
- secret
- hidden
- concealed
- veiled
- clandestine
- enigmatic
- shadowy
- covert
- esoteric
(the dark) The absence of light
noun
- darkness
- blackness
- gloom
- gloominess
- dimness
- dullness
- murk
- murkiness
- shadowiness
- shadows
(mass noun) The time of the day when the sun has set and it is dark
noun
- night
- night-time
- nightfall
- evening
- sundown
- sunset
- hours of darkness
(the dark) A state of ignorance
noun
- ignorance
- obliviousness
- naivete
- unenlightenment
- benightedness
- unawareness
- unconsciousness
- unfamiliarity
Antonyms for dark
(of a place or space) Opposite of having a lack of light
(of the day or weather) Opposite of having a lack of light
- sunny
- cloudless
- sunlit
- sunshiny
- summery
- unclouded
- moonlit
- starlit
Opposite of hidden from knowledge
- open
- overt
- disclosed
- transparent
- well-known
- clear
- exposed
- undisguised
- apparent
- evident
(the dark) Opposite of the absence of light
- brightness
- light
- illumination
- luminosity
- radiance
- lighting
- luminance
- lumination
- brightening
- brilliance
(mass noun) Opposite of the time of the day when the sun has set and it is dark
- dawn
- day
- daybreak
- daylight
- sunrise
- break of dawn
- break of day
- crack of dawn
- daytime
- first blush
(the dark) Opposite of a state of ignorance
- know
- loop
Phrases
- badly lit
- barely perceptible
- clouded over
- fogged in
- hard to make out
- hard to see
- in the shade
- jet black
- lacking definition
- lit up
- not clear
- of high density
- out of focus
- out of the sun
- pitch black
- poorly lit
- promising rain
- under a cloud
- under the trees
- well lit