Synonyms of starless

starless

adjective

as in moonless

Related Words

• moonless
• twilit
• crepuscular
• lightless
• dusky
• darkened
• sunless
• unlit
• dusk
• darksome
• darkling
• lackluster
• dim
• cloudy
• pitch-black
• gloomy
• pitch-dark
• tenebrous
• stygian
• somber
• black
• shadowy
• obscured
• dark
• darkish
• rayless
• obscure
• dimmed
• dulled
• gray
• pitchy
• murky
• dull
• pale
• caliginous
• leaden
• misty
• foggy
• shady
• fuliginous
• smoggy
• clouded
• shadowlike
• tenebrific
• befogged
• soupy
• beclouded

Dissimilar Words

• light
• luminous
• bright
• brilliant
• illuminated
• lit
• illumined
• shining
• lucent
• lucid
• radiant
• incandescent
• sparkling
• lightsome
• resplendent
• effulgent
• glaring
• brightened
• glowing
• lambent
• alight
• beamy
• lustrous
• beaming
• shiny
• glossy
• moonlit
• aglitter
• agleam
• starlit
• ultrabright
• relucent
• sunlit
• moony
• highlighted
• ablaze
• spotlighted
• floodlit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of starless

Based on their understanding of dark matter’s behavior and the hierarchical process of galaxy formation, astronomers have long predicted that such starless objects should exist throughout the cosmos. — Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026

Now, astronomers have for the first time confirmed the existence of one of these starless worlds by pinpointing its distance and mass — a rogue planet roughly the size of Saturn nearly 10,000 light-years from Earth. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026

Catching, and releasing, fireflies into a starless sky. — Monitor Contributors, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2025