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shade

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of shade

1 partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays
  • It was hard to see in the shade after being in the brilliant sunlight.
  • The trees cast shade.
Synonyms of shade

dusk, penumbra, shadiness, shadow, umbra
Words Related to shade

blackness, dimness, duskiness, gloom, gloominess, murkiness, obscurity, semidarkness, somberness

cloudiness
Near Antonyms of shade

brightness, brilliance, effulgence, illumination, incandescence, light, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, radiance, radiancy
2 a time or place of little or no light
  • enjoying the cool shade of the evening
Synonyms of shade

black, blackness, candlelight, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shadows, twilight, umbra
Words Related to shade

midnight

blackout, brownout, dimout

shadiness, umbrage

dullness (also dulness), somberness

cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness

dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness

half-light
Near Antonyms of shade

moonlight, starlight, sunlight

effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine

incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness
Antonyms of shade

blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness
3 a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
  • a lovely shade of blue
Synonyms of shade

cast, color, hue, tincture, tinge, tint, tone
Words Related to shade

overtone, undertone

primary color, secondary color, tertiary color

brightness, chroma, chromaticity, contrast, lightness, saturation, value

coloration, coloring, colorway, pigmentation
Near Antonyms of shade

achromatism
4 a very small amount
  • just a shade taller than his dance partner
Synonyms of shade

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace
Words Related to shade

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot
Phrases Synonymous with shade

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of shade

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

volume

chunk, hunk, lump, slab
5 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
  • spirits and shades haunting the night
Synonyms of shade

apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
Words Related to shade

angel, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn)

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi)

demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

shade

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shade

to shelter (something) from light and heat
  • The trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun.
Synonyms of shade

shadow
Words Related to shade

cloud, darken, dim, dull, overcast, overshadow

canopy, cover, protect, screen
Near Antonyms of shade

illuminate, light, lighten

expose

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