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Thesaurus entry: black
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black
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adjective
1.
a black horse
synonyms
: dark, pitch-black, jet-black, coal-black, ebony, sable, inky.
antonym:
white.
2.
a black night
synonyms
: unlit, dark, starless, moonless, wan;
literary
tenebrous, Stygian.
antonyms:
clear, bright.
3.
thirty-seven percent of our advanced-study students are black. See note below.
4.
the blackest day of the war
synonyms
: tragic, disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, fateful, wretched, woeful, awful, terrible;
formal
grievous.
antonym:
joyful.
5.
Mary was in a black mood
synonyms
: miserable, unhappy, sad, wretched, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowful, ...