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, 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

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. Yvon Cournoyer:

   Even though he played in the shadow of his brother and of the other big stars who made their mark with the Canadiens who are all in the Hall of Fame by the way (Richard) found the way to leave his own mark.

2. Sophie Scholl:

   “I can't be overwhelmingly happy. I'm never free for a moment day and night from the uncertainty in which we live these days, which excludes any carefree plans for tomorrow and casts a shadow over all the days to come.”

3. Lin Jiang:

   The anti-vice campaign has hurt the city's image and this shadow won't completely disappear.

4. William Shakespeare:

   Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying Nothing.

5. Josh Marcus-Blank:

   Corey Lewandowski is a shadow lobbyist with a nefarious client list that includes foreign interests, which is why New Hampshire Republicans and even Governor Chris Sununu have been keeping their distance.