Synonyms of shades

shades 1 of 2

noun

plural of shade

1

as in colors

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 & Similar Words

• colors
• hues
• tones
• tints
• colorations
• tinges
• tinctures
• colorings
• contrasts
• casts
• undertones
• overtones
• primary colors
• values
• saturations
• pigmentations
• secondary colors
• chromas
• chromaticities
• tertiary colors
• colorways

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• achromatisms

2

as in splashes

a very small amount

just a shade taller than his dance partner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• specks
• glimmers
• sprinklings
• hints
• touches
• bits
• little
• shadows
• licks
• particles
• dabs
• traces
• flecks
• rays
• sparks
• streaks
• handfuls
• ounces
• smells
• slivers
• drams
• spots
• spatters
• shreds
• crumbs
• nips
• peanuts
• bites
• smacks
• scruples
• soupçons
• strains
• dashes
• suspicions
• mites
• scintillas
• parts
• driblets
• drops
• smidgens
• snaps
• molecules
• pinches
• aces
• skoshes
• drops in the bucket
• grains
• patches
• tastes
• dots
• atoms
• syllables
• doses
• granules
• portions
• sections
• semblances
• vestiges
• minima
• fragments
• scraps
• minims
• motes
• whits
• nibbles
• nubbins
• smatterings
• morsels
• chips
• modicums
• iotas
• jots
• flakes
• shards
• flyspecks
• scatterings
• hoots
• splinters
• tittles
• shivers
• shavings
• clippings
• smatters
• parings
• tatters
• smithereens
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masses
• quantities
• loads
• mountains
• barrels
• buckets
• piles
• bundles
• bushels
• lots
• stacks
• deals
• heaps
• rafts
• abundances
• volumes
• reams
• gobs
• pecks
• fistfuls
• scads
• oodles
• wads
• wealths
• boatloads
• messes
• lashings
• profusions
• much
• potfuls
• excesses
• plenties
• passels
• slabs
• surpluses
• overflows
• chunks
• embarrassments
• superfluities
• bonanzas
• overages
• hunks
• lumps
• overmuch
• overabundances
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• overkills
• superabundances

3

as in spirits

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

spirits and shades haunting the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spirits
• shadows
• apparitions
• ghosts
• visions
• phantoms
• wraiths
• haunts
• specters
• vampires
• materializations
• familiar spirits
• phantasms
• sprites
• zombies
• spooks
• poltergeists
• demons
• visitants
• bogeys
• angels
• hants
• genies
• doubles
• daimones
• ghouls
• jinn
• manes
• familiars
• fetches
• doppelgängers
• shaitans
• succubi
• incubi
• geniuses
• devils
• lemures
• imps
• lamiae
• cacodemons
• fiends

shades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shade

as in shadows

to shelter (something) from light and heat

the trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shadows
• protects
• covers
• clouds
• dims
• darkens
• overshadows
• dulls
• overcasts
• screens
• canopies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lights
• illuminates
• exposes
• lightens

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shades

Noun

The video shows two Dallas police officers holding the man, wearing a hat and shades, with half of his face covered in a mask, against a wall on the side of the street. —Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026

Light shades such as pastel or lime green add lightness, while deeper colors like bottle green or forest green give the outfit structure. —Jana Ackermann, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2026

Another reason to cop these shades is their acetate frames, which are an earth-friendly alternative to plastics. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026

All the girls are now wearing little black shades and flipping their hair about maniacally with a pen in their mouth, while their boyfriends are in backwards Kangol flat-caps and riding bicycles. —Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026

In 13 creamy shades, Estée Lauder Double Wear 24-Hour Maximum Cover Camouflage Foundation has a skin-like finish that makes discoloration and redness disappear before your eyes—and the all-day staying power doesn't hurt, either. —Lily Wohlner, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026

Staub shades Shurmur — D Martin Luther Staub, or Benedict Staub? —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026

The Face & Eye Kit with the Delectables Earthy Essentials Palette features seven matte and seven shimmer shades with rich bronzes, soft taupes and beautiful golden hues that enhance every eye color. —Tory Johnson, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

There are many shapes and shades, but all are sourdough slowly fermented for 51 hours for incredible flavor. —Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026

Verb

So that's the thing that keeps us cooler, shades us. —March 9, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026

Basil shades the ground around tomatoes, conserving soil moisture. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026

New Zealand actor Shand shades him with welcome nuance. —Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026

The skin tone shades work as a complexion product or a powder, while the universal shades can be used to prep the skin. —Essence Wiley, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026

Tall grass also shades weed seedlings, preventing them from expanding and overtaking desirable grass plants, better than short turf. —Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025

The jersey has Sacramento emblazoned across the chest with a new palette of deep ink purple and bright violet accents, shades the team has never used before. —Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025

But Slate also shades Nikki with such specific nuances, anxieties, and sadnesses that, even with a performance as powerful as Williams’s at its center, the show develops into a two-hander, something of a love story between the pair. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025