Synonyms for shade
ʃeɪdshade

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1. shade

   Synonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shadow

   Antonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

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1. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   shadow, adumbration, umbrage, darkness, somberness, obscurity, seclusion, protection, shelter, screen, oscuro, minuteness, touch, degree

   Antonyms:
   illumination, light, daylight, sunshine, brightness, radiance, glare, chiaro, amount, largeness, considerableness, quantity, publicity, defencelessness, exposure

2. shadeverb

   Synonyms:
   shelter, screen, obscure, darken, cloud

   Antonyms:
   illuminate, brighten, make light

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1. shade, shadiness, shadowinessnoun

   relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

   "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"

   Synonyms:
   nicety, tone, tincture, specter, wraith, subtlety, shadowiness, ghost, shadiness, tad, tint, nuance, spook, refinement, spectre

2. shade, tint, tincture, tonenoun

   a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

   "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

   Synonyms:
   pure tone, spook, whole step, timber, look, wraith, timbre, step, smell, feel, quality, shadow, shadiness, nuance, tonicity, ghost, subtlety, shadowiness, vestige, spirit, tincture, tone, tad, tone of voice, flavour, note, whole tone, tonus, feeling, spectre, trace, flavor, nicety, refinement, specter, musical note, tint

3. shadenoun

   protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

   "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

   Synonyms:
   nicety, tone, tincture, specter, wraith, subtlety, shadowiness, ghost, shadiness, tad, tint, nuance, spook, refinement, spectre

4. nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinementnoun

   a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

   "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

   Synonyms:
   cultivation, wraith, refinement, shadiness, polish, refining, rightness, specter, ghost, purification, tincture, tint, nuance, shadowiness, nicety, culture, civilization, spectre, spook, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, tone, finish, justness, niceness, tad

5. shadenoun

   a position of relative inferiority

   "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"

   Synonyms:
   nicety, tone, tincture, specter, wraith, subtlety, shadowiness, ghost, shadiness, tad, tint, nuance, spook, refinement, spectre

6. tad, shadenoun

   a slight amount or degree of difference

   "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"

   Synonyms:
   nicety, tone, tincture, specter, wraith, subtlety, shadowiness, ghost, shadiness, tad, tint, nuance, spook, refinement, spectre

7. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun

   a mental representation of some haunting experience

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

   Synonyms:
   phantasma, phantom, wraith, shadowiness, shadiness, touch, weirdo, weirdy, nuance, weirdie, specter, ghost, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spectre, spook, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinement

8. shadeverb

   a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

   Synonyms:
   nicety, tone, tincture, specter, wraith, subtlety, shadowiness, ghost, shadiness, tad, tint, nuance, spook, refinement, spectre

9. shadow, shade, shade offverb

   cast a shadow over

   Synonyms:
   dwarf, fill in, shade off, overshadow, shadow

10. shade, fill inverb

    represent the effect of shade or shadow on

    Synonyms:
    shade off, shadow, fill in, fill out, stand in, complete, make out, sub, substitute

11. shadeverb

    protect from light, heat, or view

    "Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"

    Synonyms:
    fill in, shade off, shadow

12. shadeverb

    vary slightly

    "shade the meaning"

    Synonyms:
    fill in, shade off, shadow

13. shadeverb

    pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

    "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"

    Synonyms:
    fill in, shade off, shadow

Matched Categories

1. • Apparition
   • Change
   • Color
   • Inferiority
   • Meaning
   • Protective Covering
   • Screen
   • Semidarkness
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

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1. tree canopy

   a shade area.

   Submitted by anonymous on May 6, 2020  

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1. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   shadow

2. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom

3. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   screen, curtain, veil

4. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye

5. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   degree, kind, variety, minute difference

6. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes

7. shadeverb

   Synonyms:
   obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shade

8. shadeverb

   Synonyms:
   screen, cover, protect

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1. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   umbrage, shadow

2. shadenoun

   Synonyms:
   darkness, obscurity, gloom, shadows, retreat, seclusion, screen, protection, curtain, awning, blind, spirit, ghost, specter, phantom, manes, minute difference, variation, nuance

3. shadeverb

   Synonyms:
   screen, obscure, dim, obfuscate, cloud, darken, eclipse

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1. List of paraphrases for "shade":

   shadow, shading, shadows, grayling, nuance, sombra, grey, shred, hue

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1. Marlies van den Broek:

   I wonder if a shade of death can make itself perceptible in dreams or in clouds

2. Penni Redford:

   Palm trees do not sequester carbon at the same rate as our native canopy trees and do not provide shade, cool down streets and sidewalks to help counter the urban heat island effect that canopy trees do.

3. John Christian Bovee:

   False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

4. Henri Robert:

   We currently have the sun all day long as we are lower than the Arctic Circle. Luckily, there’s this mountain to the south of us, so the sun goes behind it and we get a bit of shade for a couple of hours, and then the sun rises again. But it never goes below the horizon.

5. Anu Garg:

   A large vocabulary is like an artist having a big palette of colors. We don't have to use all the colors in a single painting, but it helps to be able to find just the right shade when we need it.