Shadow Synonyms and Antonyms

shădō
Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. darkness
  2. umbra
  3. penumbra
  4. obscuration
  5. adumbration
  6. shade
  7. threatened
  8. apparition
  9. in danger of
  10. phantom
  11. in a dangerous situation
  12. umbrage
  13. phantasm
  14. phantasma
  15. dark
  16. fantasm
Antonyms:
  1. light
  2. brightness
A supernatural being, such as a ghost
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. apparition
  2. bogey
  3. bogeyman
  4. bogle
  5. eidolon
  6. ghost
  7. phantasm
  8. phantasma
  9. phantom
  10. revenant
  11. shade
  12. specter
  13. spirit
  14. visitant
  15. wraith
  16. spook
  17. haunt
An agent assigned to observe and report on another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tail
  2. watcher
  3. shadower
To shade
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shade
  2. screen
  3. dim
  4. veil
  5. shade-off
A slight amount or indication
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. trace
  2. breath
  3. dash
  4. ghost
  5. hair
  6. hint
  7. intimation
  8. semblance
  9. shade
  10. soupçon
  11. streak
  12. suggestion
  13. suspicion
  14. taste
  15. tinge
  16. touch
  17. whiff
  18. whisper
  19. whisker
  20. vestige
  21. tincture
To make dark or darker
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. adumbrate
  2. darken
  3. overshadow
  4. shade
  5. dwarf
Antonyms:
  1. lighten
  2. brighten
To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dog
  2. follow
  3. track
  4. trail
  5. bird-dog
  6. tail
Hint, suggestion
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. information

Words Related to Shadow

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.

Shadow Sentence Examples

  • The shadow made her long legs look short.

  • I don't want a shadow hanging over him.

  • Half the street was in shadow, the other half brightly lit by the sun.

  • There was no shadow or footprints even though I seemed to be standing on grass.

  • He was too angry to see where he went as he crossed through the shadow realm.

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