Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "black" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bright white white white whiten

Capable Of

become white

Coordinate Terms

White red white

Dbpedia Genre

first person shooter new wave music pop rock

Defined As

abscence of color absence of color absence of colour opposite color of white

Derived Terms

African black All Blacks American black bear American black duck American black vulture Argentine black and white tegu Arizona black walnut Asian black bear Asian black rat Berlin black Black Act Black Angus Black Army Black Bank Black Bottom Black Cathay Black Cathayan Black Country Black Crater Lake Black Creek Black Death Black Drin Black Duck Black Dutch Black East Indian Black Elk Black Ferns Black Forest gâteau Black Friday Black Hand Black Hill Black Hills Black Hollow Black Isle Black Khitai Black Khitan Black Law Black Legend Black Madonna Black Maria Black Mass Black Mesa Black Mesa Wash Black Miao Black Mirror Black Monday Black Monk Black Mountain Black Mountains Black New World Order Black Panther Black Peter Black Plague Black Pope Black Range Black River Black Rock Black Rod Black Russia Black Ruthenia Black Saturday Black Sea Black Sox Black Spanish Black Thursday Black Tuesday Black Virgin Black Warrior Black Zionism Black and Tan Black fatigue Black liberation Black queen cell virus Blackacre Blackanese Blackbeard Blackford Blackheath Blackian Blackophobe Blackophobia Blackophobia Blackpill Blacksonian Blacktown Blafrican Blasian Blatino Blaxican Blaxit Blewish Brunswick black Cablinasian Cuban black hawk Eurasian black vulture European black pine Florida black wolf Frankfort black Himalayan black-lored tit Houston black Indian black-lored tit Java black rot Large Black Little Black Spot Mesa Little Black Spot Mountain Louisiana black bear Men in Black Norfolk Black Penny Black Pernod and black Russian black bread Spanish black TV black Welsh Black acetylene black animal black anti-black antiblack benthic black beyond the black stump bible-black blaccent black Africa black British black Christmas black Irish black MIDI black Sabbath black Sigatoka black abalone black ace black advance black alder black alder winterberry black amber black and blue black and brown black and burst black and gold garden spider black and tan black and white black and white black and white Helen black and white tegu black and white village black and white warbler black ant black antimony black antshrike black ape black arched moth black aristocracy black art black as Newgate's knocker black as a dog's guts black as coal black as my hat black as night black as tar black as the ace of spades black as thunder black as your hat black ash black aurora black babies black bag black bag job black bag operation black bamboo black band disease black bass black bean black bean aphid black bean sauce black bear black bearded saki black beauty black bee black beer black beetle black belt black bile black bindweed black birch tree black bitch black bloc black body black bomber black book black bottom pie black box black box insurance black box warning black boy black brane black bread black bread mold black bream black broth black bryony black budget black bun black butcherbird black butter black cab black caiman black cake black cancer black canker black cap black car black caraway black carbon black card black cardamom black carob black carp black carpet beetle black cat black cattle black caviar black chalk black chamber black chanterelle black cherry black child black chokeberry black cicadabird black clam black clergy black clock black coal black cock black cockatoo black cod black coffee black cohosh black comedy black copper black coral black cotton soil black cow black crake black crappie black crowned crane black cuckoo-shrike black cuckooshrike black cumin black curassow black currant black currawong black dammar black day black diamond black dog black dog syndrome black dolphin black don't crack black dose black draught black drink black drongo black drop black drop effect black drum black duiker black durgon black dwarf black earth black earwig black economy black elder black ewe black eye black fast black fax black fellow black fever black figure black finger crab black flag black flight black flux black forest black forest cake black fox black fragility black francolin black friar black frost black fungus black game black gang black gangster black garden ant black garlic black ghost knifefish black gin black glaze black goby black gold black goose black gram black grouse black guillemot black gum black guts black hairstreak black hairy tongue syndrome black hat black haw black haw viburnum black helicopter black hellebore black henbane black henna black hickory black hog black hole black hole star black horehound black horse black house spider black howler black humor black humour black hydrogen black ibis black ice black imported fire ant black in black in the face black information black iron black ivory black jack black jail black jaundice black kale black kite black knight black knot black lady black land black landing black latten black lead black lemur black letter black letter day black letter law black liberation black licorice black light black limpet black liquor black liquorice black lives matter black locust black look black lung black mage black magic black mamba black man black manganese black mangrove black maple black mark black market black marketeer black marketeering black marsh turtle black match black matipo black mead black measles black metal black mist black money black mongo black moon black moss black moth black mud black mudalia black mudfish black mulberry black mustard black nightshade black nobility black noise black note black notice black oak black oat black oat grass black olive black op black opal black open access black operation black oriole black out black oven black over Bill's mother's black oxide black pacu black palmer black partridge black people's time black pepper black pepper snake black phosphorus black piedra black pill black pine black pitohui black plastic crap black plate black plum black pod black pool black poplar black powder black power black prince black propaganda black pudding black quahog black quarter black racer black radio black radish black rage defense black rain black raspberry black rat black redstart black rent black rhinoceros black rice black rider black room black root rot black rot black rust black sage black salmon black salsify black salt black salts black salve black sanctus black sand black sapote black scabbardfish black scoter black screen of death black sea cucumber black seabream black seaperch black seed squash black sesame soup black shale black sheep black shoe black silver black skimmer black slug black smoker black snake black snakeroot black society black soup black speargrass black spot black spruce black squall black square black start black stork black stuff black stump black sugar maple black supremacist black supremacy black swallow-wort black swallower black swallowtail black swallowwort black swan black tar black tax black tea black teal black teatfish black tern black tetra black thumb black tie black tin black tinamou black toad black tooth black top-hat transform black triangle black truffle black trumpet black turnstone black turtle bean black up black urine disease black velvet black velveteen black vine weevil black vomit black vulture black wallaby black walnut black wedding black whale black where it counts black widow black willow black witch black woman black woodpecker black zone black-and-tan black-and-white black-and-yellow grosbeak black-arched moth black-assed black-backed antshrike black-backed grosbeak black-backed gull black-backed jackal black-backed water tyrant black-bag black-bean sauce black-bellied plover black-bellied sandgrouse black-bellied wren black-bibbed tit black-billed capercaillie black-billed flycatcher black-billed magpie black-bottom black-bottom pie black-box function black-box testing black-breasted leaf turtle black-breasted quail black-browed albatross black-browed barbet black-browed mollymawk black-capped babbler black-capped chickadee black-capped petrel black-capped tinamou black-chinned siskin black-clad black-coated black-collar black-crested antshrike black-crested tit black-crested titmouse black-crowned night heron black-currant black-diver black-eyed black-eyed Susan black-eyed bean black-eyed pea black-faced bunting black-faced cormorant black-faced ibis black-footed cat black-footed ferret black-footed rock wallaby black-fronted dotterel black-ganger black-haired black-handed gibbon black-headed black-headed bunting black-headed duck black-headed greenfinch black-headed gull black-headed parrot black-headed pasture cockchafer black-headed python black-headed saltator black-hearted black-hooded antshrike black-house black-humored black-legged kittiwake black-legged tick black-letter black-letter day black-lipped pika black-mouthed black-naped oriole black-necked crane black-necked grebe black-necked screamer black-necked swan black-on-black black-or-white black-outs black-pilled black-sick black-striped wallaby black-tailed deer black-tailed flycatcher black-tailed godwit black-tailed hawfinch black-tailed jackrabbit black-tailed nativehen black-tailed trainbearer black-throat black-throated black-throated accentor black-throated antshrike black-throated diver black-throated loon black-throated magpie-jay black-throated thrush black-tie black-topped black-veined white black-vented oriole black-water rafting black-winged kite black-winged pratincole black-winged stilt blackademic blackamoor blackassed blackback blackball blackband blackboard blackbody blackboy blackbuck blackbutt blackcap blackchin blackcoat blackcock blackcurrant blackdamp blackdar blacker blackey blackeye blackface blackfaced blackfella blackfeller blackfellow blackfin blackfish blackfly blackfold blackfolk blackfulla blackgame blackgin blackgrass blackguard blackhead blackheart blackhood blackie blackify blackish blackism blackity-black blackjack blackland blacklash blacklead blackleg blackless blacklet blacklettered blacklight blackline blacklip blacklist blackly blackmail blackmouth blackneck blackophilia blackophobic blackout blackpoll blackride blackrider blackroot blacksalter blackseed blackshirt blackshop blackskin blacksmelt blacksmith blacksnake blacksome blackspeak blacksplain blackspot blackspotted blackstart blackster blackstrap blackstream blackstuff blacktag blacktail blackthorn blackthroat blacktip blacktivist blacktop blacktopia blacktracker blacktress blackula blackware blackwash blackwater blackwit blackwood blackwork blackworm blacky blak blax blaxploitation blerd blipster blue-bellied black snake blue-black blue-black blue-black grosbeak body in black bone black boneblack bootblack buppie carbon black cat calling the kettle black channel black chocolate black coal black coal black coalblack common black hawk crested black macaque cut to black depressive suicidal black metal double black diamond driving while black everblack eye black eyelash black fade to black good black don't crack great black hawk great black-backed gull greater black-backed gull green-black have the black ox tread on one's foot impingement black in someone's black books in the black interblack ivory black jet black jet black jet-black jet-black lampblack lesser black-backed gull little black ant little black book little black cormorant little black dress little black serotine long black look on the black side man in black mangrove black hawk mineral black monoblack mulga black non-black nonblack normally black not as black as one is painted once you go black, you never go back palladium black picture black pitch black pitch-black platinum black postblack pot calling the kettle black pro-black quasiblack raisin black red-bellied black snake red-black tree red-tailed black cockatoo red-tailed black shark respotted black shoeblack short black slate black slate black sleep black smoke black smoky black southern black tit tar-black television black the new black this side of the black stump toothblack transblack two seconds to black unblack wack western black-eared wheatear white-backed black tit white-shouldered black tit white-winged black tit yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Derived From

english carrier

Distinct From

white

Etymologically Related To

bleach

Context

baseball billiards board games british card games checkers chess historical ireland pejorative politics pool snooker sometimes capitalised sometimes capitalized typography

Has Property

considered timeless color

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

achromatic color achromatic colour actor article of clothing clothing color colour dark darkness discolor discolour doer habiliment man piece vesture wear wearable worker

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

blackish nigrescent

Type Of (IsA)

achromatic color clothing color colour darker color than white man musical artist video game

Not Has Property

white

Related Terms

Blackie Blacky achromatic black color black eye blackamoor blackavised blackberry blackbird blacken blackness café noir calamander charcoal chernozem chimney sweep coal colorless crow dark dark colour ebony forblack ink jet melancholy melena nigrescence nigrosine person of color pitch rouge et noir shiner skean-dhu sloe smut soot

Related Terms

aborigine absence absolute absolute darkness absolutely absolutely dark african bad blackcurrant blacken board game british brown café noir calamander catholic chernozem cider cloth clubs color colors colour cream creamer dark dark brown dark color dark colour dark grey dark stuff darkest darkest color darkest colour darkness descent discontent dye ebony evil filled firecracker funeral germany grey home plate hue ill omened jet light maori melancholy melena menace milk monochrome most most dark night nighttime nigrescence nigrosine nothing piece pigment pigmentation protestant race red reflect rouge et noir shade skean dhu snakebite and black solid spades stuff sullen syrup threatening very very dark white without

Similar Terms

African-American Afro-American afro american angry angry colored colorful coloured coloured colourful covert covert dark dirty dishonorable dishonourable evil hopeless illegal negro sarcastic soiled unclean undiluted undiluted unfortunate

Synonym Network

black market blackball blacken blackened bleak calamitous dark disgraceful grim joseph black negroid pitch black shirley temple black sinister smutty total darkness

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