Synonyms for Shadow
ˈʃæd oʊshad·ow

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1. shadow

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

   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. shadow

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

   Antonyms:
   body, substance, materiality, form, principal

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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, shadow, 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, shadow, 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, shadow, 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, 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, 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, shadow

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, shadow

Matched Categories

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

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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

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "shadow":

   shade, shadows, alternative, sombra, grayling, fictional, shading, notional, parallel, ghost, alternate, shred, grey, darkness, snapshots, dark, snapshot

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1. Student Asila Sulaimani:

   Who dares go out shopping these days? i am sure there are some people, but for me it has always been difficult ... Fears of an explosion, an attack and the most common thing, harassment, follow me like my shadow.

2. Royalty TV co-founder Nick Bullen:

   During this whole time, all eyes have been on Andrew, and it’s unfair to cast the sisters in their father’s shadow. These are incredibly well-brought-up and really lovely girls, who are working on their own charities and trying to raise families. Their mother has raised them well. There’s a lot of love within that family and the two girls are very close to their grandmother the queen.

3. Game of Thrones, Season 6:

   Lord Varys: Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

4. Omar Khayym:

   We are no other than a moving row Of Magic Shadow-shapes that come and go Round with the Sun-illumined Lantern held In Midnight by the Master of the Show.

5. Rachel Moran:

   They just don’t want the shadow of Derek Chauvin’s guilt looming over them, it still will in a way, but not having him there … might be helpful to the other three.