Synonyms of dark
120 similar words · 31 opposite words
Another word for dark is gloomy. Other synonyms of dark are out. The opposite of dark is light.
Synonyms and similar words for dark
adjectiveHaving an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
adjectiveTransmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or...
- caliginousDark, obscure; murky.
- darklingDark; growing dark; darkening.
- lightlessLacking light; unilluminated; dark.
- sombreDark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
adjectiveDull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
adjectiveAmbiguously or unclearly expressed.
adjectiveMarked by or conducted with secrecy.
- clandestine
- hidden
- secret
- sinisterEvil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
- surreptitiousStealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
- covered
- concealedHidden.
- dernHidden; secret; private.
- invisible
- latent
- nondisplayedNot displayed; hidden, invisible.
- obfuscated
- obfuscatoryTending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.
- obscuredMade hidden, less visible, or dark.
- occluded
- occulted
- private
- secludedHidden, isolated, remote.
- secreted
- silent
- snugClose; concealed; not exposed to notice.
- unapparentNot apparent; not seen on the surface.
- undergroundHidden, furtive, secretive.
- undisclosed
- veiled
- inward obsoleteSecret, private, kept hidden.
- tect obsolete, rareCovered; hidden.
adjectiveWithout moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- demonicExtremely cruel or evil; abhorrent or repugnant; diabolical.
- malign
- abandonedHaving given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
- badEvil; wicked.
- bad appleA person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
- bad seed
- baleful
- scurrilous
- baneful
- baseMorally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- black-heartedHaving a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
- deleterious
- depraved
- despicableFit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
- detrimentalCausing damage or harm.
- devilishEvil, wicked.
- diabolicalExtremely wicked or cruel.
- evil
- evil-mindedHaving evil thoughts or intentions.
- flagitious literary
- harmfulCausing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
- heinous
- ill-intentionedHaving bad intentions; malevolent.
- ill-natured
- immoralBreaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or...
- incorrigible
- iniquitousMorally objectionable; sinful, wicked.
- injurious
- knavishHaving the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
- maleficHaving an evil or harmful influence; baleful.
- maleficentHarmful or evil in intent or effect.
- malevolentHaving or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
- maliciousIntending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
- malignant
- nefariousSinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.
- no-goodHaving no value, use or merit.
- peccaminousSinful.
- pernicious
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- satanicEvil, fiendish, devilish or diabolical.
- scathful
- sinfulConstituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
- sordid
- ungodlyImmoral, sinful, or wicked.
- unholy
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wickedEvil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- wrong
- arrant datedVery bad; despicable.
- facinorous archaicExtremely wicked.
- iniquous obsoleteSynonym of iniquitous.
- naughty archaic, rareEvil, wicked, morally reprehensible.
- niddering archaicSynonym of nithing (“cowardly, dastardly; notoriously evil or wicked; infamous”).
- nidering archaic
- niding archaic
- nithing archaicNotoriously evil or wicked; infamous.
- sullen obsoleteGloomy; dismal; foreboding.
Opposite of dark
adjectiveHaving an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
adjectiveTransmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or...
- luminous
- radiant
- aglowGlowing; radiant.
- alightOften followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
- beamfulBeamy; radiant; luminous.
- beamsomeShedding or emitting beams (of light, etc.); radiant.
- beamy
- brilliant
- effulgent literaryRadiant, resplendent, shining.
- glowing
- illuminating
- lambent
- lightedFilled with light; illuminated.
- lucent
- luciferous
- lucificProducing light.
- luminantThat illuminates; luminous.
- luminiferousProducing or transmitting light; luminous.
- lustrous
- orient
- refulgent
- resplendent
- sheeny
- shining
- shinyEmitting light.
- profulgent obsoleteShining out; gleaming.
adjectiveDull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
adjectiveMore antonyms
Meaning of dark
- adjective Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- adjective Extinguished.
- adjective Deprived of sight; blind.
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