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. Dawn Holman:

   The higher the index, the more protection you need, if sunscreen works, great, but you can also seek shade, use clothing, darker not light clothing, to reflect the sun. The key here is to find something that works for you.

2. Charles Dickens, Great expectations:

   Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.

3. Aaron Swiggett:

   Since this is going to be the first heat wave of the year, it's important to be really cognizant of making sure that you're aware of any heat illness or heatstroke-related symptoms and being especially cautious of them and having extra water on hand to combat that and the importance of shade.

4. Truman Capote:

   Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

5. Harnidh Kaur:

   If you compare it to her past covers, you look at them and she's definitely (been) bronzed into an Indian face, in a country where you're struggling with colorism and shade discrimination, to see that -- it's very insulting.