Thesaurus:dark

Thesaurus

dark

English

Adjective

Sense: relative lack of light

Synonyms

• blear
• caliginous
• cimmerian
• crepuscular    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dark
• darksome
• darkling
• dim    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dimpsy
• dingy
• dull
• dusky
• fuliginous
• gloomy
• leaden
• lightless
• mirksome (archaic)
• murky
• murksome
• obscure
• shady
• somber
• sombrous
• stygian
• sunless
• swarthy
• tenebrous
• twilightish
• umbrageous
• unilluminated

Antonyms

• bright
• glowing
• light
• lit
• luminous
• luminiferous
• radiant
• shining    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sunny

Various

• Egyptian darkness

See also

• Thesaurus:dark colour

Further reading

• “darkness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “dark” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.