DICTOMETER

BLACKS

(black, negro, svart)

1. Synonyms:
   • Black
   • Blackness
   • Inkiness
   Definitions:
   • the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
   Antonyms:
   white, whiteness
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Total darkness
   • Lightlessness
   • Blackness
   • Pitch blackness
   • Black
   Definitions:
   • total absence of light
   Examples:
   • They fumbled around in total darkness
   • In the black of night
   Antonyms:
   white
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Black
   • Joseph Black
   Definitions:
   • British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Black
   • Shirley Temple Black
   • Shirley Temple
   Definitions:
   • popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Black
   • Black person
   • Blackamoor
   • Negro
   • Negroid
   Definitions:
   • a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Black
   Definitions:
   • (board games) the darker pieces
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Black
   Definitions:
   • black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
   Examples:
   • The widow wore black
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Blacken
   • Melanize
   • Melanise
   • Nigrify
   • Black
   Definitions:
   • make or become black
   Examples:
   • The smoke blackened the ceiling
   • The ceiling blackened