| NOUN | state | shadow | shade within clear boundaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | shadow, darkness, dark | an unilluminated area | |
| cognition | shadow, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm | something existing in perception only | |
| feeling | shadow | a premonition of something adverse | |
| communication | shadow, trace, vestige, tincture | an indication that something has been present | |
| attribute | shadow | refuge from danger or observation | |
| state | shadow | a dominating and pervasive presence | |
| person | shadow, tail, shadower | a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | |
| person | shadow | an inseparable companion | |
| VERB | motion | shadow | follow, usually without the person's knowledge |
| weather | shadow, shade, shade off | cast a shadow over | |
| stative | shadow, overshadow, dwarf | make appear small by comparison |
| Sounds | shae'dow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aficionado ... window: 51 rhymes with dow... | |
| Meaning | shade within clear boundaries. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | penumbra | A fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra |
| umbra | A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light | |
| Broader | shade, shadiness, shadowiness | relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body |
| Spanish | sombra | |
| Catalan | ombra | |
| Adjectives | shadowy | filled with shade |
| Verbs | shadow | cast a shadow over |
| Meaning | An unilluminated area. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | darkness, dark | |
| Broader | scene | The place where some action occurs |
| Spanish | oscuridad, sombra | |
| Catalan | fosca, foscor, obscuritat | |
| Verbs | shadow | cast a shadow over |
| Meaning | Something existing in perception only. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm | |
| Narrower | Flying Dutchman | A phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope |
| ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre | A mental representation of some haunting experience | |
| unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer | An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown | |
| Broader | illusion, semblance | An erroneous mental representation |
| Spanish | aparición, fantasma | |
| Catalan | aparició | |
| Adjectives | shadowy | lacking in substance |
| Meaning | A premonition of something adverse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a shadow over his happiness" | |
| Broader | foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding | A feeling of evil to come |
| Spanish | visión | |
| Meaning | An indication that something has been present. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | trace, vestige, tincture | |
| Narrower | footprint | A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important |
| Broader | indication, indicant | Something that serves to indicate or suggest |
| Spanish | huella, pista, rastro, vestigio | |
| Catalan | senyal, vestigi | |
| Meaning | refuge from danger or observation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he felt secure in his father's shadow" | |
| Broader | recourse, refuge, resort | Something or someone turned to for assistance or security |
| Spanish | sombra | |
| Catalan | ombra | |
| Meaning | A dominating and pervasive presence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father" | |
| Broader | presence | The state of being present |
| Spanish | sombra | |
| Verbs | shadow | make appear small by comparison |
| Meaning | A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | tail, shadower | |
| Broader | follower | someone who travels behind or pursues another |
| spy | A secret watcher | |
| Verbs | shadow | follow, usually without the person's knowledge |
| Meaning | An inseparable companion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the poor child was his mother's shadow" | |
| Broader | follower | someone who travels behind or pursues another |
| Spanish | sombra | |
| Verbs | shadow | follow, usually without the person's knowledge |
| Meaning | Follow, usually without the person's knowledge. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Sam cannot shadow Sue | |
| Example | "The police are shadowing her" | |
| Broader | follow | To travel behind, go after, come after |
| Nouns | shadow, shadower | a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements |
| shadow | an inseparable companion | |
| shadowing | the act of following someone secretly | |
| Meaning | cast a shadow over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | shade, shade off | |
| Broader | darken | make dark or darker |
| Spanish | ensombrecer | |
| Nouns | shadow | an unilluminated area |
| shadow | shade within clear boundaries | |
| Meaning | make appear small by comparison. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | overshadow, dwarf | |
| Broader | dominate, command, overlook, overtop | look down on |
| Spanish | achicar | |
| Nouns | shadow | a dominating and pervasive presence |
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