Need another word that means the same as “shadows”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “shadows” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Shadows” are: shadower, tail, tincture, trace, vestige, apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, dark, darkness, shade, shade off, dwarf, overshadow
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shadows” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| apparition | A remarkable or unexpected appearance of someone or something. A headless apparition. |
| dark | The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. Lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief. |
| darkness | An unilluminated area. Moments of darkness were rare. |
| fantasm | Something existing in perception only. |
| phantasm | Something existing in perception only. Every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified. |
| phantasma | A ghostly appearing figure. |
| phantom | A ghostly appearing figure. He diverted an estimated 1 500 000 into phantom bank accounts. |
| shadower | A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements. |
| tail | A tailcoat or a man s formal evening suit with a tailcoat. The tail of the storm. |
| tincture | Any of the conventional colours (including the metals and stains, and often the furs) used in coats of arms. She could not keep a tincture of bitterness out of her voice. |
| trace | A physical change in the brain presumed to be caused by a process of learning or memory. He speaks French with a trace of an accent. |
| vestige | A trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists. The last vestiges of colonialism. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shadows” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| dwarf | Stunt the growth or development of. This year s debt dwarfs that of last year. |
| overshadow | Tower above and cast a shadow over. The tall tree overshadowed the house. |
| shade | Represent the effect of shade or shadow on. She shaded her eyes against the sun. |
| shade off | Vary slightly. |
| arbor | Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts. The arbor provided a shady resting place in the park. |
| awning | A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun. |
| behind | A kick that sends the ball over a behind line or a touch that sends it between the inner posts scoring one point. She was behind with her rent. |
| black | The player of the black pieces in chess or draughts. The ceiling blackened. |
| cave | Explore caves as a sport. They say they cave for the adventure challenge and physical exercise. |
| crayfish | A nocturnal freshwater crustacean that resembles a small lobster and inhabits streams and rivers. |
| darkness | An unenlightened state. They drew a veil of darkness across the proceedings. |
| dim | Become dim or lusterless. The dim drone of their voices. |
| dusky | Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. The dusky night rides down the sky And ushers in the morn. |
| fading | Weakening in force or intensity. |
| fin | Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion. We finned along the side of the wreck. |
| flipper | A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table. |
| impenetrable | Not admitting of penetration or passage into or through. Impenetrable gloom. |
| joggle | Fasten or join with a joggle. The lurch and joggle of the car. |
| lion | A celebrity who is lionized much sought after. |
| lobster | Catch lobsters. A heavily built man with a lobster nose. |
| mane | A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal. He had a mane of white hair. |
| posterior | Coming at a subsequent time or stage. A basal body situated just posterior to the nucleus. |
| rear | Located in or toward the back or rear. The rear door of the plane. |
| ringtail | An immature golden eagle. |
| shade | A lampshade. He wore shades and a leather jacket. |
| shadowy | Lacking in substance- W.A.Butler. They were attacked by a swarm of shadowy ethereal forms. |
| soot | Coat with soot. You have previously sooted the underside of their plate by holding it over a candle. |
| sun | Expose something to the sun especially to warm or dry it. The sun shone from a cloudless sky. |
| sunshade | A handheld collapsible source of shade. |
| tail | A tailcoat or a man s formal evening suit with a tailcoat. The next pitch tailed in on me at the last second. |
| tenebrous | Dark; shadowy or obscure. The tenebrous spiral staircase of the self. |
| vestige | The smallest amount. He waited patiently but without a vestige of sympathy. |
| wiggle | The act of wiggling. Vi wiggled her toes. |
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