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Synonyms for shade
ʃeɪdshade
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
shade
Synonyms:
blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shadowAntonyms:
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
shadenoun
Synonyms:
shadow, adumbration, umbrage, darkness, somberness, obscurity, seclusion, protection, shelter, screen, oscuro, minuteness, touch, degreeAntonyms:
illumination, light, daylight, sunshine, brightness, radiance, glare, chiaro, amount, largeness, considerableness, quantity, publicity, defencelessness, exposureshadeverb
Synonyms:
shelter, screen, obscure, darken, cloudAntonyms:
illuminate, brighten, make light
Princeton's WordNet
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, spectreshade, 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, tintshadenoun
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, spectrenuance, 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, tadshadenoun
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, spectretad, 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, spectreghost, 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, refinementshadeverb
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, spectreshadow, shade, shade offverb
cast a shadow over
Synonyms:
dwarf, fill in, shade off, overshadow, shadowshade, fill inverb
represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Synonyms:
shade off, shadow, fill in, fill out, stand in, complete, make out, sub, substituteshadeverb
protect from light, heat, or view
"Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight"
shadeverb
vary slightly
"shade the meaning"
shadeverb
pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
"the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
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tree canopy
a shade area.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
shadenoun
Synonyms:
shadowshadenoun
shadenoun
shadenoun
shadenoun
Synonyms:
degree, kind, variety, minute differenceshadenoun
shadeverb
Synonyms:
obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shadeshadeverb
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How to use shade in a sentence?
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.
I wasnt going to say anything as its BS to me. But think, loveisland is 10x bigger over here then( sic) the challenge is in the U.S. if anyone thought she was being racist it would have been picked up on it already. @georgiaharisonx is away filming atm so cant tell us who she was, shes one the biggest pro LBGT people, shes all about equality and is one of the least racist people youll ever come across. So leave it out. Look at the low life other challengers trying to shade her name as they didnt get along with her. .
A Shade upon the mind there passesAs when on NoonA Cloud the mighty Sun encloses.
Limbaugh Show producer James Golden:
They did everything they could with their allies in the mainstream press, who have very little intellectual honesty, to smear him and shade any story that they could to discredit him. And then, they actively – members of Congress who are supposed to support this Constitution of ours – wanted to shut down Rush’s First Amendment right to speak and shut down this program – thankfully they were not successful in doing it – but they honestly did try.
I never saw an ugly thing in my life for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
Translations for shade
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- ظلّ, ظلال, مظلةArabic
- күләгәBashkir
- ombraCatalan, Valencian
- odstín, stínCzech
- gwawrWelsh
- skyggeDanish
- Vorhang, Farbton, SchattenGerman
- σκιά, απόχρωσηGreek
- nuanco, ombroEsperanto
- umbral, tono, sombrear, sombra, cortinaSpanish
- varjostin, varjo, kaihdin, verho, sävyFinnish
- skuggiFaroese
- ton, ombrager, ombre, nuance, esprit, storeFrench
- dubhar, sgàileScottish Gaelic
- छायाHindi
- árnyékHungarian
- ստվեր, շուքArmenian
- naunganIndonesian
- sfumatura, spettro, fare ombra, scurire, nuance, varietà, persiana, tinta, tonalità, gradazione, ombreggiare, ombra, fantasmaItalian
- ニュアンス, 影, 意味合いJapanese
- سێبهرKurdish
- umbraLatin
- taumarumaru, whakamarumaru, kōpare, maruMāori
- осој, засенува, нијанса, сениште, сенка, ладовина, настрешницаMacedonian
- jaloezie, spook, geest, schaduw, verdonkeren, donker maken, schakering, schim, schaduwenDutch
- skyggeNorwegian
- chahaʼoh, chahashʼohNavajo, Navaho
- ombraOccitan
- cień, odcieńPolish
- matiz, espectro, sombra, cortina, nuança, tom, sombrearPortuguese
- umbriva, sumbriva, sumbreivaRomansh
- umbri, umbră, adumbriRomanian
- оттенок, нюанс, затенять, тень, штораRussian
- छायाSanskrit
- umbara, umbra, urmaSardinian
- sjenaSerbo-Croatian
- tieňSlovak
- hijeAlbanian
- gardin, färgton, ton, skugga, persienn, nyansSwedish
- நிழல்Tamil
- నీడ, షేడు, రంగుTelugu
- ร่มเงาThai
- itiman, dilimanTagalog
- golgeTurkish
- چھایاUrdu
- 阴凉处Chinese
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