Synonyms of pitch-black

pitch-black

adjective

ˈpich-ˈblak 

1

as in darkened

being without light or without much light

finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in black

having the color of soot or coal

a pitch-black cat with green eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• black
• dark
• pitch-dark
• ebony
• sable
• raven
• pitchy
• brunette
• dusky
• inky
• blackish
• brunet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• white
• light
• pale
• bright
• brilliant
• palish

Examples of pitch-black in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As someone with pitch-black, thick body hair that seems to regrow within hours of shaving, I’ve always been tempted to bite the bullet and try laser hair removal. —Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 July 2024

This pitch-black formula glides across your lids without skipping, smudging, or smearing, and its ultra-fine applicator makes precision a total breeze. —Sarah Han, Allure, 17 July 2024

The slides range from an easygoing race for toddlers on the four-lane Downhill Doggers to a harrowing journey in the dark on the mostly pitch-black Point Panic. —Catherine Garcia, theweek, 16 July 2024

Four increasingly weird seasons and one liberating network change later, Robert and Michelle King’s drama is an otherworldly wonder that interprets the dread of modern living through pitch-black humor, empathy, and an unfaltering undercurrent of hope. —EW.com, 9 July 2024