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cloud

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cloud

an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom
  • All day we were under a cloud until we heard the good news.
Synonyms of cloud

darkness, pall, shadow
Words Related to cloud

fog, haze, mist, murk

midnight, night

mantle, shroud, veil

cloud

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cloud

1 to make dark, dim, or indistinct
  • the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
Synonyms of cloud

becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blear, blur, darken, dim, fog, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, shroud
Words Related to cloud

adumbrate, blot out, conceal, eclipse, hide, obliterate, screen, shade

camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil
Near Antonyms of cloud

expose, reveal, uncover, unveil
Antonyms of cloud

brighten, illuminate, illumine, light (up), lighten
2 to make (something) unclear to the understanding
  • Don't cloud the issue with obscure statistics.
Synonyms of cloud

becloud, befog, blur, confuse, fog, muddy, obfuscate
Words Related to cloud

complicate, perplex, sophisticate

entangle, snarl, tangle

disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, scramble, shuffle, tousle, upset
Near Antonyms of cloud

simplify, streamline

disentangle, straighten (out), undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle

decipher, decode

analyze, break down
Antonyms of cloud

clarify, clear (up), illuminate

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