darkness

noun

1 lights shone in the darkness:

dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming;

rare tenebrosity.

▷antonyms light.

2 the sun went down, and darkness fell:

night, nighttime, dark, hours of darkness.

▷antonyms day.

3 the forces of darkness:

evil, wickedness, corruption, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, immorality, devilry, the Devil, hell.

▷antonyms good.

word links	darkness
scotophobia fear of darkness