The Meaning of black

• (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
• (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
• (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
• (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
• (adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
• (n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
• (n.) A black pigment or dye.
• (n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
• (n.) A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
• (n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
• (n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
• (n.) A stain; a spot; a smooch.
• (a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
• (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

Synonyms

blackness , inkiness , total darkness , lightlessness , blackness , pitch blackness , Black , Joseph Black , Black , Shirley Temple Black , Shirley Temple , Black , Black person , blackamoor , Negro , Negroid , blacken , melanize , melanise , nigrify , bleak , dim , dark , sinister , calamitous , disastrous , fatal , fateful , blackened , pitch-black , pitch-dark , grim , mordant , bootleg , black-market , contraband , smuggled , disgraceful , ignominious , inglorious , opprobrious , shameful , smutty

Antonyms

white , white , whiten , white , white

Rhymes

aback , ack , adak , akc , almanac , amnesiac , anorak , attack , back , backe , backpack , backtrack , bak , bakke , beaulac , biofeedback , blackjack , boback , brac , brack , brakke , braque , brumback , bushwhack , buyback , cac , cadillac , cardiac , chirac , clack , claque , cognac , comeback , counterattack , crack , crackerjack , cutback , dac , dack , dak , drawback , dulac , fac , fallback , feedback , flack , flak , flapjack , flashback , fullback , greenback , gunnysack , hack , hacke , hackensack , hackmatack , halfback , haq , hardback , hatchback , haystack , hibaaq , hijack , hoback , horseback , humpback , hunchback , insomniac , jac , jack , jacques , kickback , knack , knapsack , knick-knack , knickknack , kodak , kodiak , krack , kracke , kwak , lac , lack , lak , leaseback , leatherback , lilac , lumberjack , mac , mack , macke , maniac , megalomaniac , merrimack , nacke , netback , nyack , nymphomaniac , outback , pac , pack , pak , paperback , paque , paranoiac , payback , piggyback , plack , placke , plaque , playback , pontiac , post-attack , prickleback , prozac , ptak , pullback , quack , quarterback , racetrack , rack , ransack , razorback , repack , roback , rollback , ryback , sac , sack , sacque , sak , schack , schlack , schnack , schrack , setback , shack , shaq , sidetrack , skipjack , slack , slayback , smack , smokestack , snack , soundtrack , spack , spak , stac , stack , strack , stracke , tac , tack , tarmac , thack , throwback , thwack , trac , track , trak , unpack , vanvlack , wack , wacke , whack , wingback , wisecrack , wrack , yack , yak , zach , zack , zodiac