Darkness

//ˈdɑɹknɪs//

Synonyms for "darkness" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(1 words)
dark

Strong matches (44)

Noun(1 words)
duskiness

Related words (73)

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15 relation types

More general

9 entries

More specific

1 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

at location

5 entries

causes

1 entries

causes desire

2 entries

derived

15 entries

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

2 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

5 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

14 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

236 translations across 117 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • алашьцара noun (state of being dark)

Ahtna

1 entries
  • xeł noun (state of being dark)

Albanian

3 entries
  • errësirë noun (state of being dark)
  • mugëtirë noun (state of being dark)
  • terr noun (state of being dark)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • δνόφος noun (state of being dark)
  • ζόφος noun (state of being dark)
  • σκότος noun (state of being dark)
  • ἔρεβος noun (state of being dark)

Ao

1 entries
  • ammang (Chungli) noun (state of being dark)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ظَلَام noun (state of being dark)
  • ظُلْمَة noun (state of being dark)
  • عتمة noun (state of being dark)
  • عَتَمَة noun (state of being dark)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խավար noun (state of being dark)
  • մթություն noun (state of being dark)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • ntunearic noun (state of being dark)
  • scutidi noun (state of being dark)
  • ãntunearic noun (state of being dark)

Asturian

1 entries
  • escuridá noun (state of being dark)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qaranlıq noun (state of being dark)
  • zülmət noun (state of being dark)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • змрок noun (state of being dark)
  • це́мра noun (state of being dark)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мрак noun (state of being dark)
  • тъмнина noun (state of being dark)

Catalan

4 entries
  • foscor noun (state of being dark)
  • negror noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)
  • obscuritat noun (state of being dark)
  • tenebres noun (gloom)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kangitngit noun (state of being dark)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries
  • ⵜⴰⵍⵍⴰⵙⵜ noun (state of being dark)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • تاریکی noun (state of being dark)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᎳᏏᎬᎢ noun (state of being dark)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 黑暗 noun (state of being dark)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • тьма noun (state of being dark)

Cornish

1 entries
  • tewlder noun (gloom)

Czech

2 entries
  • temnota noun (state of being dark)
  • tma noun (state of being dark)

Danish

2 entries
  • mørke noun (state of being dark)
  • mørke noun (gloom)

Dutch

3 entries
  • donkerheid noun (state of being dark)
  • duisternis noun (state of being dark)
  • schemering noun (gloom)

Egyptian

3 entries
  • k:k-w-N2 noun (state of being dark)
  • w-x-N2 noun (state of being dark)
  • z:n-k-N2-t:hrw noun (state of being dark)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • mallumo noun (state of being dark)
  • tenebro noun (gloom)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pimedus noun (state of being dark)

Ewe

1 entries
  • viviti noun (state of being dark)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pimeys noun (state of being dark)
  • pimeys noun (the product of being dark)
  • synkkyys noun (gloom)
  • tummuus noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)

French

4 entries
  • noirceur noun (state of being dark)
  • noirceur noun (gloom)
  • noirceur noun (the product of being dark)
  • noirceur noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)

Galician

4 entries
  • calixen noun (state of being dark)
  • escureza noun (state of being dark)
  • escuridade noun (state of being dark)
  • foscume noun (state of being dark)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სიბნელე noun (state of being dark)
  • უკუნეთი noun (state of being dark)
  • წყვდიადი noun (state of being dark)

German

2 entries
  • Dunkelheit noun (state of being dark)
  • Finsternis noun (state of being dark)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃 noun (state of being dark)

Greek

3 entries
  • έρεβος noun (state of being dark)
  • ζόφος noun (state of being dark)
  • σκοτάδι noun (state of being dark)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • fènwa noun (state of being dark)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אֲפֵלָה noun (state of being dark)
  • חֹשֶׁךְ noun (state of being dark)
  • עֲלָטָה noun (state of being dark)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अंधेरा noun (state of being dark)
  • अन्धेरा noun (state of being dark)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • sötétség noun (state of being dark)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • tunkelheet noun (state of being dark)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • dimma noun (state of being dark)
  • ljósleysa noun (state of being dark)
  • myrkur noun (state of being dark)
  • nifl noun (state of being dark)

Ido

1 entries
  • tenebro noun (state of being dark)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kegelapan noun (state of being dark)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • pimmiä noun (state of being dark)

Irish

2 entries
  • dorchacht noun (state of being dark)
  • dorchadas noun (state of being dark)

Istriot

1 entries
  • tienabre noun (state of being dark)

Italian

4 entries
  • buio noun (state of being dark)
  • buio noun (gloom)
  • oscurità noun (state of being dark)
  • scuro noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 暗黒 noun (state of being dark)
  • 闇 noun (state of being dark)

Javanese

1 entries
  • pepeteng noun (state of being dark)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • kedalumduman noun (state of being dark)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • түнек noun (state of being dark)
  • қараңғылық noun (state of being dark)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភាពងងឹត noun (state of being dark)

Korean

2 entries
  • 암흑 noun (state of being dark)
  • 어두움 noun (state of being dark)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • timss noun (state of being dark)
  • tymsums noun (state of being dark)

Latin

4 entries
  • caligo noun (state of being dark)
  • nox noun (state of being dark)
  • obscuritas noun (state of being dark)
  • tenebrae noun (state of being dark)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tumsa noun (state of being dark)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tamsa noun (state of being dark)

Lombard

1 entries
  • scur noun (state of being dark)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Donkelheet noun (state of being dark)
  • Däischtert noun (state of being dark)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мрак noun (state of being dark)
  • темнина noun (state of being dark)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • ny maìzina noun (state of being dark)

Malay

1 entries
  • kegelapan noun (state of being dark)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഇരുട്ട് noun (state of being dark)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dlam noun (state of being dark)

Marathi

2 entries
  • अंधार noun (state of being dark)
  • काळोख noun (state of being dark)

Middle English

4 entries
  • derknesse noun (state of being dark)
  • derknesse noun (gloom)
  • derknesse noun (the product of being dark)
  • derknesse noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • харанхуй noun (state of being dark)

Mwani

1 entries
  • kisi noun (state of being dark)

Māori

4 entries
  • hinapouri noun (state of being dark)
  • pōtangotango noun (state of being dark)
  • taipouri noun (state of being dark)
  • whēuriuri noun (state of being dark)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chahałheeł noun (state of being dark)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • hidza noun (state of being dark)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • tarîtî noun (state of being dark)

Northern Sami

3 entries
  • seavdnjadas noun (state of being dark)
  • seavdnjat noun (state of being dark)
  • seavdnjatvuohta noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • mørke noun (state of being dark)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • mørke noun (state of being dark)
  • mørker noun (state of being dark)

Occitan

2 entries
  • escuritat noun (state of being dark)
  • foscor noun (state of being dark)

Old English

1 entries
  • þīestru noun (state of being dark)

Oromo

1 entries
  • dukkana noun (state of being dark)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • سواد noun (state of being dark)

Persian

2 entries
  • تاریکی noun (state of being dark)
  • تیرگی noun (state of being dark)

Polish

2 entries
  • ciemność noun (state of being dark)
  • mrok noun (state of being dark)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • escuridão noun (state of being dark)
  • escuro noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)
  • obscuridade noun (state of being dark)
  • trevas noun (state of being dark)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ہَنیر noun (state of being dark)
  • ہَنیرا noun (state of being dark)

Quechua

1 entries
  • laqha noun (state of being dark)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • bur noun (state of being dark)

Romanian

4 entries
  • negreală noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)
  • tristețe noun (gloom)
  • întristare noun (gloom)
  • întunecime noun (state of being dark)

Russian

4 entries
  • мрак noun (state of being dark)
  • потёмки noun (state of being dark)
  • темнота́ noun (state of being dark)
  • тьма noun (state of being dark)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • अन्धकार noun (state of being dark)
  • तमस् noun (state of being dark)
  • ध्वान्त noun (state of being dark)
  • रजस् noun (state of being dark)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • dorchadas noun (state of being dark)
  • dorchadas noun (state of reflecting little light; tending to blackish or brownish)
  • dubh noun (state of being dark)
  • dubh noun (the product of being dark)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mračnina noun (state of being dark)
  • mračnost noun (state of being dark)
  • tama noun (state of being dark)
  • tamnoća noun (state of being dark)

Slovak

2 entries
  • temnota noun (state of being dark)
  • tma noun (state of being dark)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tema noun (state of being dark)

Somali

1 entries
  • mugddi noun (state of being dark)

Spanish

2 entries
  • oscuridad noun (state of being dark)
  • tinieblas noun (gloom)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • dungru noun (state of being dark)

Sumerian

4 entries
  • 𒀯𒅊 noun (state of being dark)
  • 𒂿 noun (state of being dark)
  • 𒋯 noun (state of being dark)
  • 𒌓𒄷𒄭 noun (state of being dark)

Swedish

1 entries
  • mörker noun (state of being dark)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kadiliman noun (state of being dark)

Tamil

2 entries
  • இருட்டு noun (state of being dark)
  • இருள் noun (state of being dark)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • taǧǧest noun (state of being dark)

Telugu

2 entries
  • అంధకారము noun (state of being dark)
  • చీకటి noun (state of being dark)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความมืด noun (state of being dark)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མུན་པ noun (state of being dark)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • orkamo noun (state of being dark)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • tudak noun (state of being dark)

Turkish

1 entries
  • karanlık noun (state of being dark)

Udi

2 entries
  • байинкъ noun (state of being dark)
  • беъиънкъ noun (state of being dark)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎎𐎄𐎂𐎚 noun (state of being dark)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мо́рок noun (state of being dark)
  • те́мрява noun (state of being dark)
  • темно́та noun (state of being dark)
  • темнота́ noun (state of being dark)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اندھیرا noun (state of being dark)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qorongʻilik noun (state of being dark)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bóng tối noun (state of being dark)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tywyllwch noun (state of being dark)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • tsjusternis noun (state of being dark)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿינצטערניש noun (state of being dark)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • òkùnkùn noun (state of being dark)

Yámana

1 entries
  • akuš noun (state of being dark)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • tarı noun (state of being dark)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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We advanced under cover of darkness.

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Our eyes take time to adjust to the darkness.

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The darkness has not overcome it.

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Darkness is the absence of light.

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