NOUN | attribute | blackness, black, inkiness | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
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state | blackness, total darkness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, black | total absence of light |
Sounds | blae'knahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). | |
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Synonyms | black, inkiness | |
Narrower | coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black | A very dark black / black |
Broader | achromatic color, achromatic colour | A color lacking hue |
Opposite | white, whiteness | The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
Spanish | negro, negror, negrura | |
Catalan | negre, negror | |
Adjectives | black | being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness |
black | soiled with dirt or soot | |
black | (of coffee) without cream or sugar |
Meaning | Total absence of light. | |
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Synonyms | total darkness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, black | |
Broader | dark, darkness | absence of light or illumination |
Spanish | negrura, oscuridad | |
Catalan | negror | |
Adjectives | black | extremely dark |
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