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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. Glen Casada:

    I want them to get them back and pick them up and take them to a nearby ICE facility and to make sure, that without a shadow of the doubt, that they're not terrorists, i want the federal government to come get those that were not vetted properly.

  2. Mohannad Aama:

    It seems like the shadow of higher rates and weakening economy doesn't help stocks and that's what we are seeing, i think we are seeing a continuation of what's been going on since last week, which is the effect of the Federal Reserve's meeting, what we've seen with the job's report on Friday and what's going on with the earnings season. Combining them it is a not-so-clear picture.

  3. Julia Gibbons:

    But the American eugenics movement does share a goal of the majority view in this case: both seek to control a woman’s reproductive decisions, eugenics certainly lives on... but not in a woman’s decisions about her reproductive health. The shadow of the eugenics movement materializes when the state wrests those decisions from her.

  4. Access Now:

    Even when a court doesn't directly rule in favor of the plaintiff, or even hear the case, taking legal action can have a positive impact for the human rights of those suffering under the shadow of internet shutdowns.

  5. Helen Keller:

    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.


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