verb make or become black.
— synonyms: blacken, melanize, melanise
noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).
— synonyms: blackness, inkiness
noun total absence of light.
— synonyms: total_darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch_blackness
noun British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799).
— synonyms: Joseph_Black
noun popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928).
— synonyms: Shirley_Temple_Black, Shirley_Temple
noun a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today.
— synonyms: African-American, Negro, Negroid
noun (board games) the darker pieces.
noun black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning).
adjective being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness.
adjective of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin.
adjective marked by anger or resentment or hostility.
adjective offering little or no hope.
— synonyms: bleak, dim
adjective stemming from evil characteristics or forces.
— synonyms: dark, sinister
adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences.
— synonyms: calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
adjective (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood.
— synonyms: blackened
adjective distributed or sold illicitly.
— synonyms: bootleg, black-market, contraband, smuggled
adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
— synonyms: disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
adjective (of coffee) without cream or sugar.
adjective soiled with dirt or soot.
— synonyms: smutty
Examples
“At this point black makes a disastrous move.”
“black drinking fountain; black hospital”
“I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.”