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Synonyms for SHADOW
ˈʃæd oʊshad·ow
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
shadow
Synonyms:
blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shadeAntonyms:
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
shadow
Synonyms:
umbration, reflection, image, sham, unsubstantiality, immaterial, phantom, attendantAntonyms:
body, substance, materiality, form, principal
Princeton's WordNet
shadownoun
shade within clear boundaries
Synonyms:
phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincturedarkness, dark, shadownoun
an unilluminated area
"he moved off into the darkness"
Synonyms:
nighttime, fantasm, shadower, night, phantom, shadow, iniquity, tincture, dark, wickedness, trace, phantasm, vestige, darkness, swarthiness, tail, phantasma, duskiness, apparitionapparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadownoun
something existing in perception only
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Synonyms:
phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, shadow, apparition, specter, dark, shadower, tincture, fantasm, phantom, tail, vestige, spectreshadownoun
a premonition of something adverse
"a shadow over his happiness"
Synonyms:
phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tincturetrace, 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, shadow, ghost, tincture, fantasm, tint, tail, dark, hint, trace, phantasm, vestige, darkness, shadower, tone, phantasma, tracing, suggestion, apparitionshadownoun
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, tinctureshadownoun
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, tincturetail, 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, shadow, 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, poopshadowverb
an inseparable companion
"the poor child was his mother's shadow"
Synonyms:
phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, tail, apparition, dark, fantasm, phantom, shadower, vestige, tinctureshadowverb
follow, usually without the person's knowledge
"The police are shadowing her"
Synonyms:
dwarf, shade off, overshadow, shadeshadow, shade, shade offverb
cast a shadow over
Synonyms:
dwarf, fill in, shade off, overshadow, shade, shadowshadow, overshadow, dwarfverb
make appear small by comparison
"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
Synonyms:
dwarf, eclipse, dominate, shade off, overshadow, shade, shadow
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
shadownoun
Synonyms:
shadeshadownoun
shadownoun
Synonyms:
shelter, cover, protection, securityshadownoun
Synonyms:
type, image, adumbration, representationshadowverb
Synonyms:
shadeshadowverb
shadowverb
Synonyms:
typify, SHADOW FORTH, adumbrate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shadownoun
Synonyms:
shade, darkness, penumbra, adumbration, prefigurationAssociated words:
sciagraphy, sciomachy, periscian, silhouette, sciomancyshadowverb
Synonyms:
shade, screen, adumbrate, typify, symbolize, cloud, obscure
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#34 | can | |
#376 | image | |
#594 | night | |
#1304 | ass | |
#1485 | alternative | |
#1531 | behind | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1796 | bottom | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2229 | quarter | |
#2740 | seat | |
#3398 | rear | |
#3939 | grey | |
#3940 | parallel | |
#4082 | tone | |
#4505 | shadow | |
#4580 | butt | |
#4692 | ghost | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#5503 | trace | |
#5936 | tail | |
#6151 | suggestion | |
#6663 | darkness | |
#7018 | eclipse | |
#7228 | reflection | |
#7824 | snapshot | |
#8025 | shade | |
#8152 | shadows | |
#8915 | hint | |
#9683 | phantom | |
#10536 | stern | |
#13656 | dwarf | |
#14228 | tracing | |
#14513 | dominate | |
#16121 | attendant | |
#16217 | snapshots | |
#17287 | posterior | |
#18076 | dusk | |
#18142 | fictional | |
#20014 | sham | |
#20115 | poop | |
#20585 | bum | |
#20651 | fanny | |
#24573 | specter | |
#24580 | shading | |
#24656 | arse | |
#25431 | tint | |
#25864 | nighttime | |
#27757 | spectre | |
#28338 | gloom | |
#28868 | shred | |
#30327 | buns | |
#32782 | backside | |
#33207 | buttocks | |
#36428 | obscurity | |
#39121 | wickedness | |
#39207 | notional | |
#40660 | iniquity | |
#41631 | immaterial | |
#45591 | rump | |
#45658 | blackness | |
#50492 | apparition | |
#51565 | grayling | |
#51887 | tincture | |
#58813 | prat | |
#68562 | overshadow | |
#73055 | phantasm | |
#81978 | tush | |
#84046 | vestige | |
#88781 | nates | |
#97994 | sombra | |
#123253 | derriere | |
#132482 | hindquarters | |
#135789 | keister | |
#156396 | fundament | |
#172856 | dimness | |
#330484 | gloominess |
How to use SHADOW in a sentence?
Governments and health systems must wake up to the reality that COVID, will cast a tall shadow in the form of long COVID, and has devastating consequences. I am concerned we are not taking this seriously enough.
It has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that you miss 100% of the shots you do not take.
Every winning nominee and every winning presidential candidate walks many lonely miles through the valley of the shadow of political death -- and resiliency is the chief virtue required for victory, john McCain understood that, as did Barack Obama -- while going through the Rev. (Jeremiah) Wright debacle -- as did George W. Bush, after losing to John McCain in New Hampshire in 2000, and there are many other examples.
The shape of the shadow will be almost a perfect circle in Einstein's theory, if we find it to be different than what the theory predicts, then we go back to square one and we say, 'Clearly, something is not exactly right.'.
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.
Translations for SHADOW
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- skaduweeAfrikaans
- sombra, huembraAragonese
- ظلArabic
- kölgəAzerbaijani
- күләгәBashkir
- ценьBelarusian
- преследвач, сянкаBulgarian
- ছায়া, শ্যাডোBengali
- skeudBreton
- ombraCatalan, Valencian
- stín, stínit, sledovatCzech
- cysgodWelsh
- skyggeDanish
- Schatten, beschattenGerman
- επισκιάζω, σκιά, σκιάζω, παρακολουθώ, γίνομαι σκιάGreek
- gvatsekvi, ombroEsperanto
- sombraSpanish
- variEstonian
- itzal, errainu, ilununeBasque
- سایهPersian
- varjo, varjostaa, varjostaja, varjostusFinnish
- skuggiFaroese
- ombre, prendre en filature, filerFrench
- skaadWestern Frisian
- scáthIrish
- sgàile, faileas, dubharScottish Gaelic
- sombraGalician
- પડછાયોGujarati
- scaa, scadooManx
- צלHebrew
- छाया, परछाई, सायाHindi
- lonbrajHaitian Creole
- árny, árnyékHungarian
- շուք, ստվերArmenian
- umbraInterlingua
- bayanganIndonesian
- ombroIdo
- skuggiIcelandic
- ombraItalian
- צֵלHebrew
- 影, 影付き, 日陰, 陰影Japanese
- აჩრდილი, ჩრდილიGeorgian
- көлеңкеKazakh
- ស្រមោលKhmer
- ನೆರಳುKannada
- 그늘, 응달, 그림자Korean
- umbra, umbra,Latin
- ຮົ່ມເງົາ, ເງົາ, ຮົ່ມLao
- šešėlisLithuanian
- ēnaLatvian
- àlokaMalagasy
- whakamomoka, ātārangiMāori
- сенкаMacedonian
- bayangMalay
- dellMaltese
- ဆာယာBurmese
- schaduwDutch
- skyggeNorwegian
- chahaʼoh, chahashʼohNavajo, Navaho
- ombraOccitan
- ਪਰਛਾਂਵਾਂPanjabi, Punjabi
- cieńPolish
- sombra, sombreadoPortuguese
- sumbreiva, sumbriva, umbrivaRomansh
- umbrăRomanian
- тень, шпикRussian
- छायाSanskrit
- umbra, umbara, urmaSardinian
- сенка, sjenka, сјенка, senka, sena, сена, sjena, сјенаSerbo-Croatian
- tôňa, tieňSlovak
- sencaSlovene
- hijeAlbanian
- skuggaSwedish
- நிழல்Tamil
- నీడTelugu
- เงามัว, เงามืดThai
- aninoTagalog
- gölge, gTurkish
- тіньUkrainian
- چھایا, سایہ, سائےUrdu
- bóng, bóng tốiVietnamese
- שאָטןYiddish
- 阴影Chinese
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