Shade Synonyms and Antonyms

shād
Lack of light
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shadow
  2. blackness
  3. penumbra
  4. shadiness
  5. umbra
  6. dimness
  7. umbrage
  8. shadowiness
Antonyms:
  1. light
  2. brightness
  3. glare
A degree of color
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tint
  2. hue
  3. tone
  4. cast
  5. gradation
  6. tinge
  7. tincture
An obstruction to light
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. covering
  2. color
  3. hue
  4. blind
  5. tint
  6. screen
  7. tone
A slight variation between nearly identical entities
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gradation
  2. nuance
To intercept direct rays
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. screen
  2. shadow
  3. shelter
  4. cast a shadow over
  5. overshadow
  6. eclipse
Antonyms:
  1. open
To become darker
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grow dark
  2. grow black
  3. shave
  4. become dark
  5. grow dim
  6. blacken
  7. turn to twilight
  8. deepen into night
  9. become gloomy
  10. be overcast
  11. grow dusky
  12. cloud-up
  13. cloud-over
  14. overcloud
  15. grow shadowy
  16. trim
*To win by a narrow margin
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. barely win
  2. win by a hairbreadth
  3. nose out
A slight difference or variation; a nuance:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nuance
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. adumbral
  2. bosky
  3. penumbral
  4. shady
  5. tenebrous
  6. umbrageous
  7. umbriferous

Words Related to Shade

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Shade Sentence Examples

  • The old Apple tree spread a blanket of shade in the grass beside the pond.

  • He paused, his face turning a darker shade of red.

  • Carmen turned and lifted a hand to shade her eyes from the sun.

  • Darian looked around, expecting to see her again beneath the shade of an apple tree, as beautiful as she was deadly with the daggers she wore at her waist.

  • Her eyes were the same shade as Darkyn's, her skin pale.

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