blackness

English Thesaurus

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	achromatic color, achromatic colour,
definition	:	a color lacking hue; white or grey or black (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black,
definition	:	a very dark black (noun.attribute)

2. total absence of light (noun.state)

hypernym	:	dark, darkness,
definition	:	absence of light or illumination (noun.state)

3. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	white, whiteness,
definition	:	the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify,
definition	:	make or become black (verb.change)

derivation	:	ink-black, inky, inky-black,
definition	:	of the color of black ink (adj.all)

derivation	:	black,
definition	:	being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light (adj.all)

derivation	:	black, smutty,
definition	:	soiled with dirt or soot (adj.all)

derivation	:	black,
definition	:	(of coffee) without cream or sugar (adj.all)

4. total absence of light (noun.state)

derivation	:	black, pitch-black, pitch-dark,
definition	:	extremely dark (adj.all)

derivation	:	lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit,
definition	:	without illumination (adj.all)

derivation	:	lightless,
definition	:	giving no light (adj.all)

5. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	white, whiteness,
definition	:	the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify,
definition	:	make or become black (verb.change)

derivation	:	ink-black, inky, inky-black,
definition	:	of the color of black ink (adj.all)

derivation	:	black,
definition	:	being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light (adj.all)

derivation	:	black, smutty,
definition	:	soiled with dirt or soot (adj.all)

derivation	:	black,
definition	:	(of coffee) without cream or sugar (adj.all)

6. total absence of light (noun.state)

derivation	:	black, pitch-black, pitch-dark,
definition	:	extremely dark (adj.all)

derivation	:	lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit,
definition	:	without illumination (adj.all)

derivation	:	lightless,
definition	:	giving no light (adj.all)