Entry Word: shady

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 protected from the sun's rays <a lovely shady spot in the park that was pleasantly cool>

Synonyms shaded, shadowed, shadowy

Related Words canopied, covered, sheltered; cloudy; dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, moonless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless

Near Antonyms bedazzling, bright, brightened, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, light, lighted (or lit), lucent, lucid, luminous; beaming, lambent, radiant, shining; lustrous

Antonyms sunny

2 given to or marked by cheating and deception <a shady business deal> — see dishonest 2
3 giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged <cited some shady statistics to back up his argument> — see doubtful 2
4 given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions <shady characters hanging out in the park after nightfall> — see sneaky 1