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shadows

NOUN

dark

Synonyms

STRONGEST

darkness dusk shade

STRONG

dimness evening gloom midnight murk night nightfall nighttime obscurity semidarkness twilight

WEAK

dead of night witching hour

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brightness light

STRONG

daybreak

WEAK

cognizance day daylight daytime illumination intelligence lightness morning sense sensibility understanding

NOUN

darkness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blackness dark dusk gloom night obscurity

STRONG

blackout brownout crepuscule dimness eclipse lightlessness murk murkiness nightfall pitch-darkness shade twilight

WEAK

Cimmerian shade cloudiness smokiness tenebrosity

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brightness light lightness

WEAK

day daylight daytime illumination morning

NOUN

murkiness

Synonyms

STRONG

darkness dimness dusk duskiness evening gloom midnight murk night nightfall nighttime obscureness obscurity opacity semidarkness shade twilight

WEAK

caliginosity dead of night witching hour

Antonyms

STRONG

brightness day daybreak light morning

NOUN

obscureness

Synonyms

STRONG

darkness dimness dusk duskiness evening gloom midnight murk murkiness night nightfall nighttime obscurity opacity semidarkness shade twilight

WEAK

caliginosity dead of night witching hour

Antonyms

STRONG

brightness day daybreak light morning

NOUN

shade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

shadow

STRONG

adumbration blackness coolness cover darkness dusk gloominess obscurity penumbra screen semidarkness shadiness umbra umbrage

WEAK

obscuration

Antonyms

STRONG

light lightness

WEAK

brightness gap

Example Sentences

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“The clouds over the Ochils are purple and bruised looking and the shadows are deep grey,” Lindsay observes of winter returning to mountains and hedgerows “battered by rain and never going to stand up again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Yet Perry, 62, has never truly been in the shadows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

A serious knee injury forced him to miss the whole of 2023-24 and left him in the shadows as his team-mates qualified for the Champions League.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

But producers could remain in the shadows by registering temporary outfits, Zhao said, while some allegedly use overseas servers to hide.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Despite the coolness of the evening air, her door was open, and gigantic shadows wavered and crept on the strange, pale grass that grew before it.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

shadows

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