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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. Singh Bhatia:

    The paralysis of the Appellate Body would cast a long and deep shadow on the continued operation of the multilateral trading system as a whole.

  2. Keith McCoy:

    Did we aggressively fight against some of the science ? Yes, did we join some shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts ? Yes, that's true. But there's nothing illegal about that. We were looking out for our investments. We were looking out for our shareholders.

  3. Devin Nunes:

    I was the first to be shadow-banned on Twitter. I was the first oneto go to Parler and be on the website and app, this has long been a problem.

  4. Japanese Proverb:

    Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.

  5. Lisa Gilbert:

    If the plan is as currently being reported, this policy goes further than we have ever seen in a presidential ethics plan, it will crackdown on shadow lobbying jobs, end golden parachutes intended to seat corporate insiders in government, and halt the rapidly spinning revolving door.


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