Dark

/dɑːk/

Synonyms for "dark" (599 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (120)

Noun(11 words)

darkness shadow asphaltblack backgroundblack shadeblackwaterdark colordarken darkroomsdeep colordeep hue

ableptical abominable abstruse adiaphanousage of ignoranceamaurotic amoral amorphous amorphousness apocalyptic arcane arrant atramentous atrocious bad baleful baneful barbarism base beamless

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beetle browedbeetle-browed benighted benightedness benightmentbereft of lightblackblack as coalblack as ebonyblack as inkblack as midnightblack as nightblack-browed black-skinned blackish blackness blamable blameworthy bleak blear bleared bleary blind blurred blurry bodeful boding brown brunet cabalistic caliginous castellatus censored cheerless cirrose cirrous classifiedclear as mudclose closed closemouthed cloud-flecked clouded cloudy coal-black coalycolor blindcolor-blind colored complicated concealed confused conscienceless corrupt corrupted criminal crooked cryptic cumuliform cumulous damnabledark agedark as nightdark as pitchdark-colored dark-complexioned dark-skinned darkish darkling darknessdarkness visibledarksomedead of nightdeepdeep blackdejected

Adjective(6 words)

aphotic benighted blackblack pawnblack voidblue

Verb(1 words)

blacktopped

Adjective(6 words)

blear caliginous cimmerian crepuscular darkling darksome

Strong matches (180)

desolate devilish devious difficult dimdim sighteddim-sighted dire dirty discreet disgraceful dishonest dishonorable dismal doleful doomful doubtful dour drab drear

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drearisome dreary dubious dull dumpish dun dusk dusky ebon ebony eclipsedegyptian darknessenigmatic erebus esoteric evasive evil evil-starred execrable eyeless faint fateful feeble felonious filmy fishy flagitious flagrant fog fogginess foggy foreboding foul fraudulent frowning funebrial funereal fuzziness fuzzy gloom gloominess gloomy glowering glum gothicism grave gray grey grim grum grumly half-seen half-visible hard hazy heathenism heavy heinous hellish hemeralopic hermetic hiddenhush hushhush-hush ignorance ignorant ill ill-boding ill-defined ill-fated ill-got ill-gotten ill-lighted ill-lit ill-omened ill-starred immoral impenetrableimpervious to lightimproperin darknessin the darkinauspicious incomprehensible inconspicuous indefinite indeterminate indeterminateness indirect indistinct indistinctness indistinguishable infamous iniquitous ink-black inky insidiousintense darknessintransparent intricate jetty joyless knavish knotty latent lenticularis lightlessness lowlow profilelow-profile

Adjective(9 words)

dim dimpsy dingy dull dusky fuliginous gloomy leaden lightless

Noun(16 words)

dim dusk emo evenfall fade gloom gloomy gothgoth artgoth musicgothicgothic istgothic lifgothic wato stylegrim hidden

Adjective(25 words)

dingy disconsolate dismal dour drab drear dreary duskiest gloomy glowering glumgothic emphasisgothic livesgothic manngothic musicgothic novelgothic watogothic wato designgothic wato mythgothic wato palette

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gothic wato settinggothic wato termgothic watosgothic watōrgrim

Related words (299)

lowering mammatus melancholy melanian melanic melanistic melano melanotic melanous menacingmerely glimpsedmidnight mind-blind mist mistiness misty monstrous moodish moody moonlessness

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mopey moping mopish morbid morose mournful muddymumbo jumbomumpish murk murkiness murky mysterious mystic mystical mystification mystifying naughty nebulous nefarious night night-black night-clad night-cloaked night-dark night-enshrouded night-filled night-mantled night-veiled nightfall nigrescent nigrous nimbosenot koshernubilous nyctalopic obfuscated obfuscation obscurantism obscuration obscureobscure darknessobscured obscurity occult occultedof evil portentominous opacity opaqueout of focusovercast overclouded paganism pale peccant perplexity pessimisticpitch blackpitch-black pitch-dark pitch-darkness pitchypitchy darknessportending portentous profound purblind puzzling questionable rank raven raven-black rayless recondite reprehensible reprobate restricted rich roiled roily rotten sable sad satanic saturnine savagery scandalous scowling seamy secret secretive semivisible shadowy shady shameful shameless shapeless shapelessness shifty sightless sinful sinister slippery sloe sloe-black sloe-colored smothered sober solemn somber sombre sombrous sorrowfulspiritually blindsquallystark blindstarless starlessness stifled stone-blind stormy stratiform stratous stygian subfusc sulky sullen sunless sunlessness suntanned supernatural suppressed surly suspicious swart swarth swarthiness swarthy tar-black tarry tenebrious tenebrose tenebrosity tenebrous tenebrousnessthe palpable obscurethreatening thunderheadedtop secrettotal darknesstranscendent tricky triste turbid twilight ulterior unbreatheable uncertain unclarity unclear unclearness uncommunicative unconscienced unconscientious unconscionable undefinedunder securityunder wrapsunderhand underhanded undiscerning undisclosable undisclosed undivulgable undivulged unenlightened unenlightenment unethical unfathomable unfavorable unforgivable unfortunate unilluminated unknown unlighted unlit unlucky unobserving unpardonable unperceiving unplain unplainness unprincipled unpromising unpropitious unrecognizable unrevealable unrevealed unsavory unscrupulous unseeing unspeakable unspoken unstraightforward untellable untold untoward unutterable unuttered unwhisperable unworthy vague vaguenessvelvet darknessvicious vile villainous visionless weak weariful wearisome weary wickedwithout remorsewithout shamewrong

Noun(18 words)

mirkning mysterious negros niger night nighttime obscure out sabicu shade shadowy sihasapa somberthe deepturned off lightsunlit veiled wickedness

Adjective(14 words)

mirksome murksome murky obscure shady somber sombrous stygian sunless swarthy tenebrous twilightish umbrageous unilluminated

Adjective(19 words)

moody moonless morbid morose murkiest nigra obscure plutonian saturnine sinister sombre sootiest sorry sour sullen swarthiest tenebrific topsoillike twisted

Adverb(1 words)

more gothic wato

How these synonyms differ

dim - 'Dim' is partial darkness, enough light to see shapes but not details. Less absolute than 'dark.'
gloomy - 'Gloomy' blends darkness with mood, a gloomy room feels oppressive, not just poorly lit.
murky - 'Murky' implies unclear darkness, clouded, obscured, hard to see through. Often used metaphorically for suspicious situations.
somber - 'Somber' is emotional darkness, serious, grave, and subdued. A somber mood, a somber occasion.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

19 entries

appearancechange in illuminationcolorcolor propertyconditionemotional qualityillumination mood periodperiod of timephenomenon scene shade state statustime period

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More specific

19 entries

blackbleak atmospherecharcoal dim dimming dimness ebonygrim moodhidden factornavy nightpitch darknesssecret motiveshade shading shadow

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Collocations

13 entries

dark chocolatedark cloudsdark colordark huedark matterdark roomdark shadedark tonedarken the mooddarken the picturedarken the roomdarken the skydarken the window

Inflections

6 entries

darkened darkening darkens darker darkest darks

Derivations

7 entries

darken darkened darkening darkish darkly darkness darkroom

Antonyms

2 entries

light

similar

43 entries

Acheronian Acherontic Cimmerian Stygian aphotic black brunet brunette caliginous cheerless concealed crepuscular darkened darkening darkish darkling

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Translations

226 translations across 152 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

donker adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Albanian

2 entries

errësire adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
terr adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

σκοτεινός adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
ὀρφναῖος adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Arabic

2 entries

دَاكِن adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
مُظْلِم adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Armenian

2 entries

խավար adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
մութ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Assamese

2 entries

আন্ধাৰ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
এন্ধাৰ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Asturian

1 entries

escuru adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

qara adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
qaranlıq adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Balinese

1 entries

peteng adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡараңғы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Basque

1 entries

ilun adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Belarusian

1 entries

цёмны adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Bengali

2 entries

অন্ধকার adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
আঁধার adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Bikol Central

1 entries

madiklom adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Breton

1 entries

teñval adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Brunei Malay

2 entries

galap adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
patang adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Bulgarian

1 entries

тъ́мен adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Burmese

2 entries

နက် adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
မည်း adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Catalan

2 entries

fosc adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
obscur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Cebuano

1 entries

dulom adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

تاریک adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Chamicuro

1 entries

chpolyaye adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Chechen

1 entries

ӏаьржа adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

黑 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
黑暗 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

黑暗 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
黲 /黪 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Church Slavic

1 entries

тьмьнъ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Cornish

2 entries

tewal adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tewl adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Czech

2 entries

temný adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tmavý adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Dalmatian

1 entries

sčor adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Danish

1 entries

mørk adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Dolgan

1 entries

караӈа adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Dutch

2 entries

donker adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
duister adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Esperanto

2 entries

malhela adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
malluma adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Estonian

2 entries

pime adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tume adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Faroese

3 entries

dimmur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
døkkur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
myrkur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Finnish

1 entries

pimeä adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

French

2 entries

obscur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
sombre adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Galician

3 entries

escuro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
fosco adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
fusco adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Georgian

4 entries

ბნელი adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
უკუნი adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
შავბნელი adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
წყვდიადი adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

German

2 entries

dunkel adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
finster adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Gilbertese

1 entries

ro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Greek

1 entries

σκοτεινός adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Gujarati

1 entries

અંધારું adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

nwa adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Hawaiian

4 entries

pōʻele adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
pōʻeleʻele adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
uli adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
uliuli adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Hebrew

2 entries

אָפֵל adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
חָשׁוּךְ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

dulum adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Hindi

1 entries

अंधेरा adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Hungarian

1 entries

sötét adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Icelandic

2 entries

dimmur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
dökkur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ido

2 entries

obskura adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tenebroza adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ilocano

1 entries

nasipnget adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Indonesian

1 entries

gelap adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Interlingua

1 entries

obscur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Irish

1 entries

dorcha adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Italian

4 entries

buio adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
fosco adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
oscuro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tetro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Japanese

1 entries

暗い adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Javanese

1 entries

peteng adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Kaitag

1 entries

къуш adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Kapampangan

1 entries

madalumdum adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

къарангы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Karaim

1 entries

karanhy adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Kazakh

1 entries

қараңғы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

ānyāukhèm adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

пемыд adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

пемыд adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Korean

1 entries

어둡다 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Kumyk

1 entries

къарангы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

караңгы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ladino

2 entries

aleskuro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
eskuro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Lao

1 entries

ມືດ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Latgalian

1 entries

tymss adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Latin

3 entries

creper adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
fuscus adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
obscūrus adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Latvian

1 entries

tumšs adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Literary Chinese

1 entries

黲 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Lithuanian

1 entries

tamsus adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Lombard

1 entries

scur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Low German

2 entries

duster adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
düster adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

śamny adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Lubuagan Kalinga

1 entries

manggikbot adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

donkel adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
däischter adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Lydian

1 entries

𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Macedonian

1 entries

темен adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Malay

2 entries

gelap adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
kelam adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Malayalam

2 entries

അന്ധകാരം adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
ഇരുട്ട് adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Marathi

1 entries

अंधारमय adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ურწკუმი adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Mongolian

2 entries

харангуй adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
харанхуй adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Māori

4 entries

pokere adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
pōkerekere adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
ruki adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
uri adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Nogai

1 entries

каранъа adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Norman

1 entries

sombre adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

tarî adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Northern Sami

1 entries

seavdnjat adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

mørk adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

døkk adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
mørk adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Occitan

2 entries

escur adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
fosc adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Odia

1 entries

ଅନ୍ଧାର adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ojibwe

1 entries

dibiki- adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Old English

3 entries

deorc adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
mirce adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
þīestre adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Old Javanese

2 entries

hirĕng adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
pĕtĕng adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Old Norse

2 entries

myrkr adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
ámr adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ossetian

1 entries

тар adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Persian

3 entries

تار adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
تاریک adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
تیره adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

dunkel adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Polish

1 entries

ciemny adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Portuguese

1 entries

escuro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Quechua

1 entries

laqha adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Romanian

3 entries

murg adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
închis adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
întunecat adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Romansch

3 entries

s-chür adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
stgeir adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
stgir adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Russian

1 entries

тёмный adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Sanskrit

1 entries

श्याम adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Scots

1 entries

mirk adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

dorcha adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mráčan adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
támān adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
мра́чан adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
та́ма̄н adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Slovak

2 entries

temný adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tmavý adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Slovene

1 entries

temen adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Southern Altai

2 entries

караҥу adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
караҥуй adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Spanish

1 entries

oscuro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

dungru adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Swedish

1 entries

mörk adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠀꠘ꠆ꠗꠣꠁꠞ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tagalog

1 entries

madilim adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tahitian

2 entries

ʻereʻere adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
ʻārehurehu adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tajik

1 entries

торик adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tamil

1 entries

இருள் adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tatar

1 entries

караңгы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Telugu

2 entries

గాఢాంధకారము adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
చీకటి adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Thai

1 entries

มืด adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tocharian B

2 entries

orkamo adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
orkmo adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tofa

1 entries

ӄараӈғы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tongan

1 entries

po'uli adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Turkish

1 entries

karanlık adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Turkmen

1 entries

garaňky adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tuvan

1 entries

караңгы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Tuwali Ifugao

1 entries

ngitit adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Udmurt

1 entries

пеймыт adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Ukrainian

1 entries

те́мний adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Urdu

1 entries

اندھیرا adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Urum

1 entries

харанғы adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Uyghur

1 entries

قاراڭغۇ adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Uzbek

2 entries

qorongʻi adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
qorongʻu adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Venetan

1 entries

scùro adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tối adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

dulum adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
masirum adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Welsh

1 entries

tywyll adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

West-Frisian

2 entries

donker adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
tsjuster adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Yaghnobi

1 entries

тора adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Yakut

1 entries

хараҥа adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Yiddish

2 entries

טונקל adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
פֿינצטער adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Zazaki

1 entries

tarı adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

dtʻkxʻái adj (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

Sample sentences

54 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's all dark outside.

Source: tatoeba (2048)

As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.

Source: tatoeba (2261)

All cats are grey in the dark.

Source: tatoeba (2350)

She's got a fair complexion while her brother is very dark.

Source: tatoeba (2461)

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