English noun: blackness | |||
1. | blackness (attribute) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | ||
Synonyms | black, inkiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | achromatic color, achromatic colour | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black | ||
Antonyms | whiteness, white | ||
2. | blackness (state) total absence of light | ||
Samples | They fumbled around in total darkness. In the black of night. | ||
Synonyms | black, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dark, darkness | ||