Antonyms of noun darkness

1 of 6 senses of darkness

Sense 5
darkness -- (having a dark or somber color)
       Antonym of lightness (Sense 4)
      => lightness -- (having a light color)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun darkness

6 senses of darkness

Sense 1
dark, darkness -- (absence of light or illumination)
       => illumination -- (the degree of visibility of your environment)

Sense 2
darkness, dark, shadow -- (an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness")
       => scene -- (the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime")

Sense 3
iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark -- (absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness")
       => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations")

Sense 4
dark, darkness -- (an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness")
       => unenlightenment -- (a lack of understanding)

Sense 5
darkness -- (having a dark or somber color)
       => value -- (relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe)

Sense 6
darkness, duskiness, swarthiness -- (a swarthy complexion)
       => complexion, skin color, skin colour -- (the coloring of a person's face)