Synonyms for shade
noun
Lack of light
blackness, shadow, dimness; see darkness 1.
A degree of color
cast, tone, hue; see color 1, tint.
A slight difference
variation, proposal, hint; see suggestion 1.
An obstruction to light
covering, blind, screen; see curtain.
A ghost
spirit, manes, revenant; see ghost 1, 2. See syn. study at color.
verb
To intercept direct rays
screen, shelter, shadow, cast a shadow over, overshadow, eclipse.
To make darker
darken, blacken, obscure, cloud, shadow, make dim, adumbrate, tone down, nigrify, black out, make dusky, deepen the shade, overshadow, make gloomy, screen, shut out the light, befog, keep out the light.
To become darker
grow dark, grow black, become dark, grow dim, blacken, turn to twilight, deepen into night, become gloomy, be overcast, grow dusky, cloud up, cloud over, overcloud, grow shadowy.
*To win by a narrow margin
barely win, win by a hairbreadth, nose out*; see defeat.
See shade in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
shade penumbra shadow umbra umbrage
These nouns denote an area of comparative darkness resulting from the blocking of light rays: sitting in the shade; Earth's penumbra; in the shadow of the curtains; the umbra beyond the footlights; in the umbrage of a forest.
See Also Synonyms at
nuance.
See shade in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays:
penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage. See lightThe degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment:
gradation, hue, tinge, tint. See colorsThe property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size:
color, hue, tint, tone. See colorsA slight variation between nearly identical entities:
gradation, nuance. See bigA slight amount or indication:
breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. (Informal) whisker. See big, showA supernatural being, such as a ghost:
apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. (Informal) spook. (Regional) haunt. See beings, supernatural
verb
To shelter, especially from light:
screen, shadow. See protectionTo make dark or darker:
adumbrate, darken, shadow. See lightTo make a slight reduction in (a price):
shave, trim. See increase
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