Darkness is the absence of light. Meaning, synonyms, antonyms and interpretation

We are used to interpreting the word “darkness” unambiguously. Darkness is an unlit place, or, for example, a moral interpretation can be given to the concept: darkness is the absence of good. In any case, in addition to the haze, the object of today's conversation has one more, now forgotten meaning. We will consider it, synonyms and antonyms will also be presented.

A word with a double genealogy

Unfortunately, it will not be possible to maintain intrigue for a long time. We need to reveal the cards now. What does the word "darkness" mean? Two things at once: firstly, quantity, and secondly, darkness. The first value has already been forgotten. Although it is sometimes found. Imagine this situation: a person comes to pay for utilities, but it turns out that there are a lot of people in the savings bank. Seeing the pandemonium, he then tells his wife: "I come to pay, and there is darkness to the people." This is clearly not about light, right? Let us first examine the origin of the "quantitative" value.

We owe it to the Turkic languages ​​in which there is a concept of tuman, that is, "ten thousand." In our language, of course, there is no such detail, and we prefer not to analyze such details, so we have darkness - this is "a lot."

Next, we consider the meaning to which everyone is accustomed to and which is still publicly and in active use. The word is intertwined with its roots with the Latvian language, where there is the concept of tima, that is, "darkness", and with the ancient Indian, where there is támas, that is, "darkness."

History is always more interesting than what we have now. Probably, many understand the contemporary meaning from the context, but we will not rely on the case, we need the coined language, and we know who to ask.

Explanatory dictionary

Creating an explanatory dictionary is a titanic work. But how many people thanks to him came to the light of knowledge from darkness? This does not count. In any case, we will use a wonderful book so that education does not slow down. So, the value of the object of study is as follows:

1. Lack of light, darkness.
2. In Ancient Russia: ten thousand.
3. Same as set (in the first meaning).

It is necessary to reveal the noun “multitude”, otherwise some of the meanings will slip away from us, but we would not want to. So: "A very large number, the number of someone or something."

One more thing to be said about. Of course, we brought the meanings of the word “darkness” into one list and made some liberties, because in fact, darkness and darkness are homonyms, that is, they are the same in spelling, but different in meaning. But, we think, the reader will forgive us a similar departure from the rules. Homonymy, by the way, explains the “double” origin, there are two meanings, so you should not be surprised.

Synonyms

And then let's divide the synonyms into two groups:

1. Those that refer to the "light" value.
2. Those that refer to a "quantitative" value.

This is necessary so that there is no confusion, and the reader could, if anything, get the replacement of the research object he needs from the desired “basket”. First, of course, let's talk about the lack of light. So:

• darkness;
• haze;
• night;
• black.

In our list of synonyms did not include cognates, so the list turned out to be more than modest. But the main thing is not quantity, but quality, that is, clarity that occurs in the head of a person reading substitutions for the subject of our conversation.

Now the "quantitative" value:

• mountain;
• sea;
• forest;
• millions;
• railway carriage;
• abyss.

Let the reader not be surprised at the imagery of replacements. After all, language is generally a rather expressive and metaphor-rich instrument of human communication. But the metaphors are so worn out and worn out that, over the past years, we no longer feel their juiciness. But, strictly speaking, she is not there. And only when the words are taken out of context and given a list, we realize their original meaning, and the lost imagery returns to them.

Suggestions with synonyms for the word “darkness”

Here are the sentences in which synonyms are usually used for the "quantitative" meaning of "darkness":

• Father came home from work and dumped a pile of sweets on the table.
• I came to the market, and there was a sea of ​​people.
• The teacher asked about those who wanted to solve the problem and did not see the forest of hands in front of him.
• Millions of people are waiting for a new book by Victor Pelevin.
• He came to the meeting earlier than planned, so he still had a whole wagon.
• He had an abyss of opportunities to change jobs, and therefore life, while he was young.

Yes, the vigilant reader will say that not everywhere you can painlessly change one for another. Yes, that's right. But synonyms are words that are not completely analogous to the replaced one and to each other, otherwise what is the point in their existence?

Antonyms

We only need to discuss the antonyms of the word "darkness." Let's do the same as with synonyms: we divide the words that are opposite in meaning into two groups - “quantitative” and “light”.

The first group of antonyms:

• few;
• a little bit;
• Little.

The second group:

• good;
• shine;
• heat;
• joy.

We think the reader understood the general direction. You can think at your leisure and about what else can be the antonyms of "darkness." This is extremely important not only in the sense of the Russian language, but in the sense of moral trustworthiness. Remember the ambiguity of the word that we have analyzed today.