DARK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an unenlightened state
   Synonym(s)
   • darkness (what does darkness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was in the dark concerning their intentions
   • his lectures dispelled the darkness
   Hypernyms(s) dark is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unenlightenment (what does unenlightenment mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an unilluminated area
   Synonym(s)
   • darkness (what does darkness mean?)
   • shadow (what does shadow mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he moved off into the darkness
   Hypernyms(s) dark is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • scene (what does scene mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shadow (what does shadow mean?)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • shade off (what does shade off mean?)
3. Meaning
   • absence of light or illumination
   Synonym(s)
   • darkness (what does darkness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dark is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • illumination (what does illumination mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • lighting (what does lighting mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • night (what does night mean?)
   • total darkness (what does total darkness mean?)
   • lightlessness (what does lightlessness mean?)
   • blackness (what does blackness mean?)
   • pitch blackness (what does pitch blackness mean?)
   • black (what does black mean?)
   • blackout (what does blackout mean?)
   • brownout (what does brownout mean?)
   • dimout (what does dimout mean?)
   • semidarkness (what does semidarkness mean?)
4. Meaning
   • absence of moral or spiritual values
   Synonym(s)
   • darkness (what does darkness mean?)
   • iniquity (what does iniquity mean?)
   • wickedness (what does wickedness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the powers of darkness
   Hypernyms(s) dark is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • condition (what does condition mean?)
   • status (what does status mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
   Synonym(s)
   • night (what does night mean?)
   • nighttime (what does nighttime mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dark is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time period (what does time period mean?)
   • period of time (what does period of time mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • day (what does day mean?)
   • daytime (what does daytime mean?)
   • daylight (what does daylight mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • weeknight (what does weeknight mean?)
   • wedding night (what does wedding night mean?)

DARK as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not giving performances
   • closed
   Usage Example(s)
   • the theater is dark on Mondays
   Similar To
   • inactive (what does inactive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having skin rich in melanin pigments
   Synonym(s)
   • colored (what does colored mean?)
   • coloured (what does coloured mean?)
   • dark-skinned (what does dark-skinned mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
   • the dark races
   • dark-skinned peoples
   Similar To
   • black (what does black mean?)
3. Meaning
   • brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
   Usage Example(s)
   • dark eyes
   Similar To
   • brunet (what does brunet mean?)
   • brunette (what does brunette mean?)
4. Meaning
   • devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness
   • shadowed or black or somber-colored
   Usage Example(s)
   • sitting in a dark corner
   • a dark day
   • dark shadows
   • the theater is dark on Mondays
   • dark as the inside of a black cat
   Antonym(s)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   Similar To
   • Acheronian (what does Acheronian mean?)
   • Acherontic (what does Acherontic mean?)
   • Stygian (what does Stygian mean?)
   • aphotic (what does aphotic mean?)
   • black (what does black mean?)
   • pitch-black (what does pitch-black mean?)
   • pitch-dark (what does pitch-dark mean?)
   • caliginous (what does caliginous mean?)
   • Cimmerian (what does Cimmerian mean?)
   • crepuscular (what does crepuscular mean?)
   • darkened (what does darkened mean?)
   • darkening (what does darkening mean?)
   • darkling (what does darkling mean?)
   • darkling (what does darkling mean?)
   • dim (what does dim mean?)
   • subdued (what does subdued mean?)
   • glooming (what does glooming mean?)
   • gloomy (what does gloomy mean?)
   • gloomful (what does gloomful mean?)
   • lightless (what does lightless mean?)
   • unilluminated (what does unilluminated mean?)
   • unlighted (what does unlighted mean?)
   • unlit (what does unlit mean?)
   • lightproof (what does lightproof mean?)
   • light-tight (what does light-tight mean?)
   • dusky (what does dusky mean?)
   • twilight(a) (what does twilight(a) mean?)
   • twilit (what does twilit mean?)
   • tenebrous (what does tenebrous mean?)
   • tenebrific (what does tenebrific mean?)
   • tenebrious (what does tenebrious mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • lightness (what does lightness mean?)
5. Meaning
   • causing dejection
   Synonym(s)
   • blue (what does blue mean?)
   • depressing (what does depressing mean?)
   • disconsolate (what does disconsolate mean?)
   • dismal (what does dismal mean?)
   • dispiriting (what does dispiriting mean?)
   • gloomy (what does gloomy mean?)
   • grim (what does grim mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a blue day
   • the dark days of the war
   • a week of rainy depressing weather
   • a disconsolate winter landscape
   • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
   • a dark gloomy day
   • grim rainy weather
   Similar To
   • cheerless (what does cheerless mean?)
   • uncheerful (what does uncheerful mean?)
6. Meaning
   • (used of color) having a dark hue
   Usage Example(s)
   • dark green
   • dark glasses
   • dark colors like wine red or navy blue
   Antonym(s)
   • light (what does light mean?)
   • light-colored (what does light-colored mean?)
   Similar To
   • darkish (what does darkish mean?)
   See Also
   • black (what does black mean?)
   • achromatic (what does achromatic mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • value (what does value mean?)
7. Meaning
   • marked by difficulty of style or expression
   Synonym(s)
   • obscure (what does obscure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • much that was dark is now quite clear to me
   • those who do not appreciate Kafka’’s work say his style is obscure
   Similar To
   • incomprehensible (what does incomprehensible mean?)
   • uncomprehensible (what does uncomprehensible mean?)
8. Meaning
   • lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
   Synonym(s)
   • benighted (what does benighted mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • this benighted country
   • benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
   • the dark ages
   • a dark age in the history of education
   Similar To
   • unenlightened (what does unenlightened mean?)
9. Meaning
   • stemming from evil characteristics or forces
   • wicked or dishonorable
   Synonym(s)
   • black (what does black mean?)
   • sinister (what does sinister mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • black deeds
   • a black lie
   • his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
   • Darth Vader of the dark side
   • a dark purpose
   • dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
   • the sc
   Similar To
   • evil (what does evil mean?)
   • wicked (what does wicked mean?)
10. Meaning
    • showing a brooding ill humor
    Synonym(s)
    • dour (what does dour mean?)
    • glowering (what does glowering mean?)
    • glum (what does glum mean?)
    • moody (what does moody mean?)
    • morose (what does morose mean?)
    • saturnine (what does saturnine mean?)
    • sour (what does sour mean?)
    • sullen (what does sullen mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a dark scowl
    • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
    • a glum, hopeless shrug
    • he sat in moody silence
    • a morose and unsociable manner
    • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven
    • a sour temper
    Similar To
    • ill-natured (what does ill-natured mean?)
11. Meaning
    • secret
    Usage Example(s)
    • keep it dark
    • the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East
    Similar To
    • concealed (what does concealed mean?)