Antonyms for shadow
ˈʃæd oʊshad·ow

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1. 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

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

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1. shadow

   Antonyms:
   body, substance, materiality, form, principal

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

Matched Categories

1. • Follow
   • Follower
   • Foreboding
   • Indication
   • Presence
   • Recourse
   • Scene
   • Shade
   • Spy

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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

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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

How to use shadow in a sentence?

1. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani:

   My region provides ample evidence of this: the grievances of the Palestinians since the Nakba, seventy years ago, remain stubbornly in place; conflict without resolution in Syria, Libya, and now Yemen. The suffering of people in my region may appear distant to an audience in Munich, but the waves of refugees make these injustices a European concern. And the darkness of terrorism now casts a shadow on the entire world.”

2. Idris Baluken:

   Less than a week to the election, and everywhere in Kurdistan is under the shadow of guns and the sound of warplanes.

3. Danny Glover:

   All of us who have walked in the shadow of Sidney Poitier owe him so much, for over 80 years, Sidney and I laughed, cried and made as much mischief as we could. He was truly my brother and partner in trying to make this world a little better.He certainly made mine a whole lot better.

4. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi:

   Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; Go is the sun.

5. Whitney Houston, The Greatest Love Of All:

   I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow. If I fail, if I succeed, at least I'll live as I believe.

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