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Synonyms & Antonyms of shade
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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
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2
a time or place of little or no light
- enjoying the cool shade of the evening
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- 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
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4
a very small amount
- just a shade taller than his dance partner
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- ace,
- bit,
- crumb,
- dab,
- dram,
- driblet,
- glimmer,
- hint,
- lick,
- little,
- mite,
- nip,
- ounce,
- particle,
- peanuts,
- ray,
- scintilla,
- scruple,
- shadow,
- shred,
- skosh,
- smack,
- smell,
- smidgen
- (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge),
- snap,
- soupçon,
- spark,
- spatter,
- speck,
- splash,
- spot,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- tad,
- touch,
- trace
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- abundance,
- barrel,
- boatload,
- bucket,
- bundle,
- bushel,
- deal,
- fistful,
- gobs,
- heaps,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lot,
- mass,
- mess,
- mountain,
- much,
- oodles,
- passel,
- peck,
- pile,
- plenty,
- potful,
- profusion,
- quantity,
- raft,
- reams,
- scads,
- stack,
- wad,
- wealth
5
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
- spirits and shades haunting the night
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