Entry Word: black

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having the color of soot or coal <a little black dress blends into the night very well>

Synonyms ebony, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable

Related Words dark, dusky, inky; blackish, brunet (or brunette)

Near Antonyms bright, brilliant, light, pale

Antonyms white

2 causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer <the Friday of the stock market crash was a black day for the country> — see gloomy 1
3 not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable <the black deeds of the brigands along the Scottish border> — see bad 2