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Synonyms for shadow
ˈʃæd oʊshad·ow

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shadow

    Synonyms:
    umbration, reflection, image, sham, unsubstantiality, immaterial, phantom, attendant

    Antonyms:
    body, substance, materiality, form, principal

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shadownoun

    shade within clear boundaries

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincture

  2. darkness, dark, shadownoun

    an unilluminated area

    "he moved off into the darkness"

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, fantasm, shadower, night, phantom, iniquity, tincture, dark, wickedness, trace, phantasm, vestige, darkness, swarthiness, tail, phantasma, duskiness, apparition

  3. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadownoun

    something existing in perception only

    "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, apparition, specter, dark, shadower, tincture, fantasm, phantom, tail, vestige, spectre

  4. shadownoun

    a premonition of something adverse

    "a shadow over his happiness"

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincture

  5. trace, vestige, tincture, shadownoun

    an indication that something has been present

    "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

    Synonyms:
    touch, shade, phantom, ghost, tincture, fantasm, tint, tail, dark, hint, trace, phantasm, vestige, darkness, shadower, tone, phantasma, tracing, suggestion, apparition

  6. shadownoun

    refuge from danger or observation

    "he felt secure in his father's shadow"

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincture

  7. shadownoun

    a dominating and pervasive presence

    "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father"

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincture

  8. tail, shadow, shadowernoun

    a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

    Synonyms:
    fanny, phantom, seat, butt, empennage, rear end, shadower, apparition, dark, can, nates, fundament, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, backside, bum, vestige, tail assembly, tail, buns, phantasm, tincture, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, fag end, fantasm, hind end, rump, keister, darkness, ass, prat, arse, quarter, rear, trace, tush, phantasma, after part, poop

  9. shadowverb

    an inseparable companion

    "the poor child was his mother's shadow"

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincture

  10. shadowverb

    follow, usually without the person's knowledge

    "The police are shadowing her"

    Synonyms:
    dwarf, shade off, overshadow, shade

  11. shadow, shade, shade offverb

    cast a shadow over

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

  12. shadow, overshadow, dwarfverb

    make appear small by comparison

    "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

    Synonyms:
    dwarf, eclipse, dominate, shade off, overshadow, shade

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shadownoun

    Synonyms:
    shade

  2. shadownoun

    Synonyms:
    darkness, obscurity, gloom

  3. shadownoun

    Synonyms:
    shelter, cover, protection, security

  4. shadownoun

    Synonyms:
    type, image, adumbration, representation

  5. shadowverb

    Synonyms:
    shade

  6. shadowverb

    Synonyms:
    darken, obscure, cloud

  7. shadowverb

    Synonyms:
    typify, SHADOW FORTH, adumbrate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shadownoun

    Synonyms:
    shade, darkness, penumbra, adumbration, prefiguration

    Associated words:
    sciagraphy, sciomachy, periscian, silhouette, sciomancy

  2. shadowverb

    Synonyms:
    shade, screen, adumbrate, typify, symbolize, cloud, obscure

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How to use shadow in a sentence?

  1. Rafal Chwedoruk:

    Of course, today the candidates for prime minister are Ewa Kopacz and Beata Szydlo but the truth is, when we say Kopacz, we are thinking Tusk, and when we say Szydlo, we are thinking Kaczynski, we are still living in the shadow of these politicians, and I don't think this is likely to change after the election.

  2. Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus:

    That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.

  3. Donald Trump:

    The United States does not need John Kerry’s possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy on the very badly negotiated Iran Deal, he was the one that created this MESS in the first place!

  4. Patrick Ta:

    When you’re choosing to do a pink shadow, you should choose a vibrant pink that actually shows, when you choose something too subtle, it can make your eyes look a little sick.

  5. Glenn Stutzky:

    As I look across what’s happening in the world, there’s almost a certain foreboding that we could probably fairly quickly move to an apocalyptic situation in our future while we’re still living here, people may have that shadow in the background.


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