Black Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Black? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Synonyms, How to pronounce? Words starting with Black, Related sentences, Example sentences, Antonyms, Derivations, Words ending with Black and more...
Word: Black
How to pronounce: blæk
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.
Example sentences: "Black smoke"
2. Of any human group having dark-colored skin, especially of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.Relating to black people.
Example sentences: "Black adolescents of Jamaican descent"
3. (of a period of time or situation) characterized by tragic or disastrous events; causing despair or pessimism.
Example sentences: "Five thousand men were killed on the blackest day of the war"
Noun
Definitions:
1. Black color or pigment.
Example sentences: "A tray decorated in black and green"
2. A member of a dark-skinned people, especially one of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.
Example sentences: "The living conditions for South African whites and blacks were extremely divergent."
3. The situation of not owing money to a bank or of making a profit in a business operation.
Example sentences: "I managed to break even in the first six months—quite a short time for a small business to get into the black"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Make (something) black; blacken.
2. Refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action.
Synonyms:
dark
shadow
darkness
dismal
bleak
night
gloom
dreary
blacklist
ebon
blk
sable
african
negro
black man
negro woman
raven
darkie
darky
blackamoor
blacken
darken
obscure
dim
nefarious
grim
sombre
swarthy
sinister
unlit
darksome
gloomy
sullen
swart
darkling
lugubrious
somber
drear
dirty
gray
grey
turned black
murky
filthy
grimy
muddy
grubby
grungy
inky
darkened
darkish
dusky
foul
evil
wicked
vicious
Antonyms:
light
bright
luminous
clear
Derivations:
Blacky
blackish
blacked
blackness
blacking
blacken
blackly
blackout
blackboard
blackening
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Spanish: Negro
German:
French: Noir
Italian: Nero
Turkish: Siyah