BLACKNESS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

blackness

noun

Definition of blackness

as in dark

a time or place of little or no light strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest

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Recent Examples of blackness From individual missions to tours aboard the ISS, video games have featured surprisingly often in the inky blackness of space. — William Worrall, Space.com, 30 May 2026 Lighting the mood Production design includes dramatic lighting effects, intensely bright (oof, that spotlight) to sudden pitch-blackness. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026 The building jolts and is cloaked in blackness. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for blackness

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Noun

Lastly, the sneaker’s marbled outsole has been given a glow-in-the-dark treatment — a longtime staple of Nike’s Halloween sneakers.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
For a taste of the Mediterranean, Beach Rogue, with its after-dark DJ and near-promise of shark sightings, is the spot to book.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of dark

Noun

The group uncovers betrayal within its own ranks and faces a battle for the fate of the world, ultimately awakening their true powers and restoring peace, though a new threat emerges quietly in the shadows.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
Why not try to capture the moon using a DSLR camera and a telephoto lens when the Harvest Moon rises and in the weeks that follow to track how the shifting shadows alter its appearance?

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shadows

Noun

As anybody who has been camping knows, the flicker of bright flames against the darkness can be as much a visual distraction as a point of focus.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
At Wimbledon last year, a match restarted for just 70 seconds, as Ben Shelton beat Australia’s Rinky Hijikata after officials paused their match overnight due to darkness.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of darkness

Noun

Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday night ended its fiscal 2026 on a high note and signaled that the good times will continue in the new year.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
The families of Guillen and Greer-Wilkinson said the park offered them food on the night of the injury, but have not been in contact since.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of night

Noun

One Tuesday at dusk, children played around the monument while adults read the plaques on the June Bug’s wings that reflect the major milestones of a life of entrepreneurship and daring.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Stop at Height of Land for a wide-angle view of Mooselookmeguntic Lake surrounded by mountains, then watch for moose along quieter roads around dawn and dusk.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of dusk

Noun

But there have also been many mid-30s former All-Stars who couldn’t muster anything remotely close to greatness during their twilight tours with the Heat.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
All of that and more makes for an enticing season ahead, and a lot to wonder about, with the 2026 Chiefs … and their capacity to add more luster to Arrowhead’s legacy in its twilight years.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of twilight

Noun

Bees avoid the gloom of the understory—with few flowers, there’s little to entice them—but wasps don’t mind it, and are attracted to the helleborines by the promise of an intoxicating nectar (itself made by a symbiosis with fungi).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
Amid the gloom, one local nonprofit group is working to celebrate iconic cartoons to support the animators of today — and remind people of the joy of animation.

— Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of gloom

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