"darkness" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Absence of light or illumination (synset 114007000)
is a type of: illumination - the degree of visibility of your environment
subtypes:
- night - darkness
- black, blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness - total absence of light
- blackout, brownout, dimout - darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- semidarkness - partial darkness
same as: dark
An unilluminated area (synset 108663881)
"he moved off into the darkness"

is a type of: scene - the place where some action occurs

same as: dark, shadow
Absence of moral or spiritual values (synset 114587156)
"the powers of darkness"

is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time

subtypes: foulness - disgusting wickedness and immorality

same as: dark, wickedness
An unenlightened state (synset 105997383)
"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

is a type of: unenlightenment - a lack of understanding

same as: dark
Having a dark or somber color (synset 104987119)
is a type of: value - relative darkness or lightness of a color
A swarthy complexion (synset 104985483)
is a type of: complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face

same as: duskiness, swarthiness