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
• glimmers
• sprinklings
• specks
• hints
• touches
• bits
• little
• shadows
• licks
• dabs
• traces
• rays
• particles
• flecks
• sparks
• streaks
• handfuls
• ounces
• smells
• slivers
• drams
• spots
• spatters
• shreds
• bites
• crumbs
• nips
• peanuts
• smacks
• scruples
• soupçons
• strains
• smidges
• dashes
• smidgeons
• parts
• suspicions
• mites
• scintillas
• minimums
• driblets
• drops
• smidgens
• snaps
• smidgins
• pinches
• molecules
• aces
• skoshes
• grains
• drops in the bucket
• patches
• tastes
• dots
• doses
• syllables
• atoms
• portions
• granules
• sections
• semblances
• fragments
• vestiges
• minima
• scraps
• minims
• motes
• whits
• nibbles
• nubbins
• smatterings
• morsels
• chips
• modicums
• iotas
• jots
• shards
• flakes
• flyspecks
• hoots
• scatterings
• handsful
• splinters
• tittles
• shivers
• clippings
• shavings
• 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
• lashins
• 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
• spectres
• wraiths
• bogies
• vampires
• specters
• materializations
• haunts
• familiar spirits
• phantasms
• fantasms
• zombies
• sprites
• spooks
• angels
• demons
• poltergeists
• visitants
• bogeys
• genii
• genii
• hants
• djinn
• genies
• djinns
• doubles
• daimons
• daimones
• jinns
• ghouls
• jinn
• doppelgangers
• manes
• familiars
• fetches
• doppelgängers
• daemons
• devils
• incubuses
• succubi
• shaitans
• incubi
• geniuses
• lemures
• lamias
• imps
• lamiae
• fiends
• cacodemons

shades

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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