Synonyms and antonyms of dark in English

dark

These are words and phrases related to dark. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dark.

WITH LITTLE OR NO LIGHT

She peered down the dark hallway.

Synonyms and examples

darkened
We arrived late and had to make our way to our seats in a darkened theater.
dim
He sat in a dim corner of the waiting room.
shadowy
I was afraid to walk down the dim, shadowy corridor.
pitch black
It was pitch black on our street after the power outage.
inky
literary
He rode away into the inky night.
gloomy
She had the drapes in the parlor closed, which made the room gloomy.
dingy
Our hotel room was dingy.
moonless
We barely made our way back home on that dark and moonless night.
twilit
literary
She walked the twilit streets alone.

Antonym and example

light
I don't like jogging when it's still dark - I'll go when it's light.
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If a place is dark, it has little or no light.
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dark | American Thesaurus

dark

adjective
These are words and phrases related to dark. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dark.
The streets were dark during the blackout.
She had beautiful big dark eyes.

Antonyms

The witch in the story practiced the dark arts of sorcery.
There seemed to be some dark meaning in his remark.

dark

noun
It was hard to find a seat in the dark of the theater.
The children got home before dark.
Synonyms for dark from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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