Synonyms of the word

shade

• n. (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• n. (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
• n. (countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
• n. (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
• n. (figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
• n. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning.
• n. (archaic or literary) A ghost.
• n. (archaic) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
• n. (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and…
• n. (uncountable, originally gay slang) Subtle insults.
• v. (transitive) To shield from light.
• v. (transitive) To alter slightly.
• v. (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
• v. (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
• v. (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
• v. To surpass by a narrow margin.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

apparition

• n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
• n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
• n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
• n. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed…
• n. (astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed. An…

bedim

• v. (transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

color

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
• n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
• n. The system of color television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
• v. To give something color.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…

coloring

• v. present participle of color.
• n. An act or process which applies color.
• n. The appearance as to color.
• n. A disguise or discoloration.

colour

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. The system of colour television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
• v. To give something colour.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…

colouring

• n. (Britain, Canada) Alternative spelling of coloring.
• v. present participle of colour.
• v. (Britain, Canada) Alternative spelling of coloring.

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

fantasm

• n. Alternative spelling of phantasm.

ghost

• n. (dated) The spirit; the soul of man.
• n. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition;…
• n. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.
• n. A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of…
• n. An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused…
• n. A ghostwriter.
• n. (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying…
• n. (computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
• n. (theater) An understudy.
• n. (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
• n. The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
• n. (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players…
• n. A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
• n. (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
• n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
• n. (attributive) Abandoned.
• n. (attributive) The remains of.
• n. (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
• n. (attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
• n. (attributive) Substitute.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
• v. (obsolete) To die; to expire.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To ghostwrite.
• v. (nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
• v. (computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
• v. (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
• v. (Internet, transitive) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
• v. To appear without warning; To move quickly and quietly; to slip.
• v. to kill.
• v. to break up with someone without warning or explanation (see ghosting).

import

• n. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
• n. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
• n. (uncountable) Significance, importance.
• v. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
• v. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
• v. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
• v. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
• v. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
• v. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
• v. (transitive) To mean, signify.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

inferiority

• n. The quality or state of being inferior.
• n. An inferior quality.
• n. The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.

meaning

• n. The symbolic value of something.
• n. The significance of a thing.
• n. (semantics) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
• n. (obsolete) Intention.
• v. present participle of mean.
• adj. Having a (specified) intention.
• adj. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

nicety

• n. A small detail or distinction.
• n. Subtlety or precision of use.

nuance

• n. A minor distinction.
• n. Subtlety or fine detail.
• v. (transitive) To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way.

obscure

• adj. Dark, faint or indistinct.
• adj. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
• adj. difficult to understand.
• adj. not well-known.
• v. (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible,…
• v. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.

overcloud

• v. To cover, or become covered, with clouds.

paint

• n. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds…
• n. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting…
• n. (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
• n. (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
• n. (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
• n. (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
• n. Makeup.
• v. (transitive) To apply paint to.
• v. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
• v. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
• v. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
• v. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
• v. (transitive, computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
• v. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
• v. (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

phantasm

• n. something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.

phantasma

• n. Alternative form of phantasm.

phantom

• n. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something…
• n. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
• adj. Illusive.
• adj. Fictitious or nonexistent.

protection

• n. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
• n. The state of being safe.
• n. A means of keeping or remaining safe.
• n. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
• n. (insurance) Coverage.
• n. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
• n. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers…
• n. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

refinement

• n. The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material.
• n. High-class style; cultivation.
• n. A fine or subtle distinction.

representation

• n. That which represents another.
• n. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
• n. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this…
• n. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector…
• n. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
• n. A theatrical performance.

screen

• n. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
• n. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing…
• n. The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
• n. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
• n. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
• n. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• n. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects.
• n. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball…
• n. (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by…
• n. (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame…
• n. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's…
• n. (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection,…
• n. (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
• v. To filter by passing through a screen.
• v. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
• v. (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
• v. To fit with a screen.
• v. To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility…
• v. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds…

semidarkness

• n. Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.

shadiness

• n. The property of being shady.

shadow

• n. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• n. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
• n. (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
• n. That which looms as though a shadow.
• n. A small degree; a shade.
• n. An imperfect and faint representation.
• n. (Britain, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
• n. One who secretly or furtively follows another.
• n. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
• n. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
• n. A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
• n. (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
• n. (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
• v. To block light or radio transmission.
• v. (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
• v. To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to…
• v. (programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same…
• v. (computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
• adj. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
• adj. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
• adj. (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

shadowiness

• n. The state or property of being shadowy.

significance

• n. The extent to which something matters; importance.
• n. Meaning.

signification

• n. The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
• n. Evidence for the existence of something.
• n. A meaning of a word.

specter

• n. A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
• n. (figuratively) A threatening mental image.

spectre

• n. British spelling standard spelling of specter.

spook

• n. A spirit returning to haunt a place.
• n. A ghost or an apparition.
• n. A hobgoblin.
• n. (espionage) A spy.
• n. A scare or fright.
• n. (dated, pejorative) A black person.
• n. (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
• v. To scare or frighten.
• v. To startle or frighten an animal.

subtlety

• n. (uncountable) The quality or fact of being subtle.
• n. (countable) An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.
• n. (countable) An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing…

tad

• n. A small amount; a little bit.

tincture

• n. A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
• n. A tint, or an added colour.
• n. (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
• n. An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
• n. (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
• n. An essential characteristic.
• n. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the…
• n. A slight taste superadded to any substance.
• n. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
• v. to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.
• v. (figuratively) to tinge; to taint.
• v. To soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.

tint

• n. A slight coloring.
• n. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast…
• n. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
• n. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.
• contract. (Yorkshire, colloquial) it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't.

tone

• n. (music) A specific pitch.
• n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
• n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
• n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
• n. General character, mood, or trend.
• n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
• n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
• n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
• n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
• n. The shade or quality of a colour.
• n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
• n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
• n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
• n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
• v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
• v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
• v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
• v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
• v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
• pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).

wraith

• n. A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.