Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blackness
2 senses of blackness
Sense 1
black, blackness, inkiness -- (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white))
=> achromatic color, achromatic colour -- (a color lacking hue; white or grey or black)
Sense 2
total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black -- (total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night")
=> dark, darkness -- (absence of light or illumination)