Black synonyms

Blacklist, as black as pitch, cimmerian, as black as pitch, awful, abject, cruel, acrimonious, able to pay one's debts, befoul, ban, and bar are all synonyms for black. Clear and bright are antonyms of black. And here are 201 another word for black.

Another word for black

1. inky

  • As black as pitch
  • Blackish
  • Coal black
  • Dark
  • Inky
  • Jet black
  • Pitch black
  • Pitch-dark
  • Sable
  • Stygian

2. starless

  • Cimmerian
  • Stygian
  • Tartarean
  • Crepuscular
  • Dark
  • Dim
  • Dingy
  • Dusky
  • Gloomy
  • Moonless
  • Murky
  • Overcast
  • Shadowy
  • Starless
  • Tenebrous
  • Unilluminated
  • Unlighted
  • Unlit
  • Caliginous

3. dark

  • As black as pitch
  • Blackish
  • Coal black
  • Dark
  • Inky
  • Jet black
  • Pitch black
  • Pitch-dark
  • Sable
  • Stygian

4. calamitous

  • Awful
  • Calamitous
  • Cataclysmic
  • Catastrophic
  • Devastating
  • Dire
  • Disastrous
  • Fatal
  • Fateful
  • Grievous
  • Lamentable
  • Miserable
  • Ruinous
  • Terrible
  • Tragic
  • Unfortunate
  • Woeful
  • Wretched
  • Direful

5. sad

  • Abject
  • Anguished
  • Blue
  • Broken-hearted
  • Cheerless
  • Crestfallen
  • Dejected
  • Depressed
  • Desolate
  • Despairing
  • Devastated
  • Disconsolate
  • Dismal
  • Distressed
  • Doleful
  • Down in the mouth
  • Down
  • Downcast
  • Downhearted
  • Forlorn
  • Funereal
  • Gloomy
  • Glum
  • Grief-stricken
  • Grieving
  • Heartbroken
  • Inconsolable
  • Long-faced
  • Low-spirited
  • Melancholy
  • Miserable
  • Morose
  • Mournful
  • Mourning
  • Pessimistic
  • Sad
  • Sorrowful
  • Sorrowing
  • Unhappy
  • Woebegone
  • Woeful
  • Wretched
  • Down in the dumps

6. cynical

  • Cruel
  • Cynical
  • Ghoulish
  • Gruesome
  • Macabre
  • Morbid
  • Perverted
  • Sadistic
  • Sick
  • Unhealthy
  • Weird
  • Offensive

7. irate

  • Acrimonious
  • Aggressive
  • Aggrieved
  • Angry
  • Annoyed
  • Antagonistic
  • Bad-tempered
  • Belligerent
  • Bitter
  • Crabby
  • Cross
  • Dark
  • Dirty
  • Displeased
  • Eggy
  • Evil-intentioned
  • Evil
  • Exasperated
  • Filthy
  • Furious
  • Galled
  • Hate-filled
  • Hostile
  • Indignant
  • Irascible
  • Irate
  • Irked
  • Irritated
  • Malefic
  • Malevolent
  • Malicious
  • Malign
  • Malignant
  • Menacing
  • Narky
  • Nasty
  • Outraged
  • Piqued
  • Poisonous
  • Provoked
  • Ratty
  • Resentful
  • Shirty
  • Stroppy
  • Testy
  • Tetchy
  • Threatening
  • Unfriendly
  • Venomous
  • Vexed
  • Vindictive
  • Vitriolic
  • Waspish
  • Wicked
  • Maleficent

8. solvent

  • Able to pay one's debts
  • Creditworthy
  • Debt-free
  • Financially sound
  • In credit
  • In funds
  • Of good financial standing
  • Out of debt
  • Profit-making
  • Profitable
  • Secure
  • Solid
  • Solvent
  • Unindebted

9. dirty

  • Befoul
  • Begrime
  • Blacken
  • Darken
  • Dirty
  • Grime
  • Make dirty
  • Make smoky
  • Make sooty
  • Stain
  • Soil

10. boycott

  • Ban
  • Bar
  • Blacklist
  • Boycott
  • Embargo
  • Put/place an embargo on
  • Proscribe

Black synonyms statistics

The adjective "black" has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 4 synonyms with 3 letters, 13 synonyms with 4 letters, 24 synonyms with 5 letters, 21 synonyms with 6 letters, 21 synonyms with 7 letters, 27 synonyms with 8 letters, 33 synonyms with 9 letters, 16 synonyms with 10 letters, 14 synonyms with 11 letters, 6 synonyms with 12 letters, 3 synonyms with 13 letters, 3 synonyms with 14 letters, 1 synonym with 15 letters, 1 synonym with 16 letters, 1 synonym with 18 letters, 1 synonym with 19 letters, and 1 synonym with 23 letters, for a total of 190 synonyms for black.

Black sentences

She wore a stunning black dress.

The night sky was completely black.

He painted the wall black yesterday.

Black coffee is his favorite drink.


Similar to black

Word Opposites Synonyms
Replacement Original, substitution Substitute, alternative
On track Off course, misdirected On schedule, on course
Track Ignore, neglect Path, pathway
Complacent Dissatisfied, humble Smug, self-satisfied
Place Displace, remove Put down, put
Jackal Prey, victim Canine, coyote
Jackass Genius, smart person Donkey, ass
Jacket Exposure, nakedness Coat, jerkin
Lack Have, own, possess, enjoy Be without, have need of
Background Foreground, front Surrounding(s), backdrop
Attack Defend, protect Begin an assault, charge
Feedback Silence, neglect Response, reaction
Blame Absolve, forgive Hold responsible, hold accountable