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Black

🔄 Synonyms of "Black"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
mordantnoun	Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
grimnoun	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
bleaknoun	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
evilnoun	Intending to harm; malevolent.
wicked	Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
sinister	Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
darknoun	Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
dimnoun	Not bright or colorful.
dirtyverb	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
achromatic	(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
hopeless	Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
unfortunatenoun	Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
sarcastic	Containing sarcasm.
opprobrious	Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
cladverb	(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
ignominious	Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful.
calamitous	Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
inglorious	Ignominious; disgraceful.
shameful	Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
soiled	(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
angryverb	Displaying or feeling anger.
fatalnoun	Causing death or destruction.
bootlegnoun	(chiefly US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
disgraceful	Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
dishonorable	Without honor, or causing dishonor.

↔️ Antonyms of "Black"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
achromatic	(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
whitenoun	Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
whitenessnoun	The state or quality of being white (all senses).
whitenverb	(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Black"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
pitch-black	Very dark; without light.
pitch-dark	Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
bleaknoun	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
calamitous	Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
disastrous	Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
grimnoun	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
dirtyverb	Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
soiled	(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
unclean	Dirty, soiled or foul.
darknoun	Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
hopeless	Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
sinister	Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
covertnoun	(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
evilnoun	Intending to harm; malevolent.
wicked	Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
unfortunatenoun	Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
shameful	Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
ignominious	Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful.
disgraceful	Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
angryverb	Displaying or feeling anger.