Word

dark, n.
(darks)
freq. cnt. 23

absence of light or illumination
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 9

dark darkness

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dark

antonym

light

semantic pointers

hypernym

illumination

hyponym

night blackness, total darkness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, black blackout, brownout, dimout semidarkness

absence of moral or spiritual values
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

dark darkness wickedness

sample sentences

"the powers of darkness"

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dark

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dark

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wicked

semantic pointers

hypernym

condition, status

hyponym

foulness

an unilluminated area
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

dark darkness shadow

sample sentences

"he moved off into the darkness"

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shadow

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dark

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dark

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hypernym

scene

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 167 freq. cnt.: 163 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

dark night nighttime

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

nightly

antonym

day

semantic pointers

hypernym

period, period of time, time period

part holonym

day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day

hyponym

weeknight wedding night

part meronym

evening late-night hour midnight small hours lights-out

an unenlightened state
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

dark darkness

sample sentences

"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
"his lectures dispelled the darkness"

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dark

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dark dark dark

semantic pointers

hypernym

unenlightenment