Synonyms of unlit

unlit

adjective

ˌən-ˈlit 

as in darkened

being without light or without much light

she stumbled over something in the unlit hallway

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unlit

Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle. —Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 8 May 2025

Those drawn to spooky adventures should take a short walk through an unlit tunnel—just under a mile long—from Sete Cidades to the coastal village of Mosteiros. —Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025

For this reason, unlit trees may last longer than pre-lit trees. —Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024

There isn't much left to go with the Apple Watch screen, but Apple could just kill it off entirely and give the Series 10 a completely edge-to-edge screen with no unlit bits. 5. —Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2024