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Definitions for Black

[1] being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it: They labeled the boxes with a black permanent marker.
[2] (sometimes initial capital letter ) pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. African American:The exhibit featured the work of young Black artists from New York. See Usage note at the current entry.
[3] characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night.
[4] soiled or stained with dirt: That shirt was black within an hour.
[5] gloomy; pessimistic; dismal: a black outlook.
[6] deliberately harmful; inexcusable: a black lie.
[7] boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening: black words; black looks.
[8] (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream: I take my coffee black.
[9] without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked: His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
[10] indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment: a black mark on one's record.
[11] marked by disaster or misfortune: black areas of drought; Black Friday.
[12] wearing black or dark clothing or armor: the black prince.
[13] based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life: black comedy; black humor.
[14] (of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, substandard, potentially dangerous, etc.: Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.
[15] illegal or underground: The black economy pays no taxes.
[16] showing a profit; not showing any losses: the first black quarter in two years.
[17] deliberately false or intentionally misleading: black propaganda.
[18] British . boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.
[19] (of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished.
[20] the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white(def 19) .
[21] (sometimes initial capital letter ) Often Offensive . (Use as a noun in reference to a person, e.g. “a Black,” is often considered offensive) a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, especially those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. African American. See Usage note at the current entry.
[22] black clothing, especially as a sign of mourning: He wore black at the funeral.
[23] Chess , Checkers . the dark-colored men or pieces or squares.
[24] black pigment: lamp black.
[25] Slang . black beauty.
[26] a horse or other animal that is entirely black.
[27] to make black; put black on; blacken.
[28] British . to boycott or ban.
[29] to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking.
[30] to become black; take on a black color; blacken.
[31] (of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream.
[32] black out , to lose consciousness: He blacked out at the sight of blood. to erase, obliterate, or suppress: News reports were blacked out. to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.: When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely. Theater . to extinguish all of the stage lights. to make or become inoperable: to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S. Military . to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids. Radio and Television . to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area). to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period: The special airfare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.
[33] black and white , print or writing: I want that agreement in black and white. a monochromatic picture done with black and white only. a chocolate soda containing vanilla ice cream. Slang . a highly recognizable police car, used to patrol a community.
[34] black or white , completely either one way or another, without any intermediate state.
[35] in the black , operating at a profit or being out of debt (opposed to in the red): New production methods put the company in the black.
[36] Hugo Lafayette, 1886–1971, U.S. political official: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1937–71.
[37] (Sir) James Whyte [hwahyt, wahyt] /ʰwaɪt, waɪt/ , 1924–2010, English pharmacologist: Nobel prize 1988.
[38] Joseph, 1728–99, Scottish physician and chemist.
[39] Shirley Temple. Temple, Shirley.
[40] of the colour of jet or carbon black, having no hue due to the absorption of all or nearly all incident light Compare white (def. 1)
[41] without light; completely dark
[42] without hope or alleviation; gloomy the future looked black
[43] very dirty or soiled black factory chimneys
[44] angry or resentful she gave him black looks
[45] (of a play or other work) dealing with the unpleasant realities of life, esp in a pessimistic or macabre manner black comedy
[46] (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream
[47] causing, resulting from, or showing great misfortune black areas of unemployment
[48] wicked or harmful a black lie (in combination ) black-hearted
[49] causing or deserving dishonour or censure a black crime
[50] (of the face) purple, as from suffocation
[51] British (of goods, jobs, works, etc) being subject to boycott by trade unionists, esp in support of industrial action elsewhere
[52] a black colour
[53] a dye or pigment of or producing this colour
[54] black clothing, worn esp as a sign of mourning
[55] chess draughts a black or dark-coloured piece or square (usually capital) the player playing with such pieces
[56] complete darkness the black of the night
[57] a black ball in snooker, etc
[58] (in roulette and other gambling games) one of two colours on which players may place even bets, the other being red
[59] in the black in credit or without debt
[60] archery a black ring on a target, between the outer and the blue, scoring three points
[61] another word for blacken
[62] (tr) to polish (shoes, etc) with blacking
[63] (tr) to bruise so as to make black he blacked her eye
[64] (tr) British , Australian and NZ (of trade unionists) to organize a boycott of (specified goods, jobs, work, etc), esp in support of industrial action elsewhere
[65] a member of a human population having dark pigmentation of the skin
[66] of or relating to a Black person or Black people a Black neighbourhood
[67] Sir James (Whyte ). 1924–2010, British biochemist. He discovered beta-blockers and drugs for peptic ulcers: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1988
[68] Joseph . 1728–99, Scottish physician and chemist, noted for his pioneering work on carbon dioxide and heat

Words related to Black

jet, slate, onyx, coal, sable, pitch, brunet, ebony, clouded, charcoal, sloe, obsidian, raven, distressing, foreboding, threatening, depressing, dispiriting, depressive, spotted

Words nearby Black

bl lac object, bl., blab, blabber, blabbermouth, black, black acacia, black alder, black and blue, black and tan, black and tan coonhound

Origin of Black

First recorded before 900; Middle English blak, Old English blæc; cognate with Old High German blah-; akin to Old Norse blakkr “black,” blek “ink”

Other words from Black

black·ish , adjective
black·ish·ly , adverb
black·ish·ness , noun
non·black , adjective, noun
un·blacked , adjective
well-blacked , adjective

Word origin for Black

Old English blæc ; related to Old Saxon blak ink, Old High German blakra to blink

Synonyms for Black

brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, ebony, jet, obsidian, onyx, pitch, raven, sable, slate, sloe, atramentous, dingy, dusky, ebon, inklike, livid, melanoid, murky, piceous, pitch-dark, shadowy, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy