Thesaurus:black

Thesaurus

black

English

Adjective

Sense: of the darkest or a very dark color

Synonyms

• atramental
• atramentous
• black
• black as a dog's guts
• black as coal
• black as Newgate's knocker
• black as night
• black as the ace of spades
• black as thunder
• coal black
• ebon
• inky
• jetty (archaic)
• negro (dated, now offensive)
• nigrous
• obsidian
• pitch-dark
• pitch-black
• pitchy
• raven
• sable
• sabled

Antonyms

• white    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• blackish    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nigrescent

Various

• achromatic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• colorless
• dark    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• black eye
• shiner
• jet
• ink
• ebony
• pitch
• soot
• charcoal
• sloe
• smut
• raven
• crow
• coal
• chimney sweep

See also

• Thesaurus:black color (noun)
• Thesaurus:dark colour
• Thesaurus:person of color

Further reading

• “431. blackness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “black” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.