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
• colorings
• tinctures
• contrasts
• undertones
• casts
• overtones
• primary colors
• saturations
• values
• pigmentations
• secondary colors
• chromas
• chromaticities
• colorways
• tertiary colors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• achromatisms

• achromatisms

2

as in splashes

a very small amount

just a shade taller than his dance partner

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• materializations
• specters
• vampires
• haunts
• phantasms
• familiar spirits
• zombies
• fantasms
• sprites
• angels
• spooks
• spectres
• poltergeists
• demons
• visitants
• bogeys
• bogies
• hants
• genies
• daimones
• doubles
• doppelgängers
• doppelgangers
• ghouls
• manes
• jinn
• shaitans
• genii
• genii
• fetches
• lemures
• familiars
• djinns
• djinn
• devils
• incubuses
• daimons
• lamiae
• succubi
• jinns
• incubi
• geniuses
• imps
• cacodemons
• lamias
• fiends
• daemons

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
• canopies
• screens
• overcasts
• dims
• darkens
• dulls
• overshadows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lights
• illuminates
• exposes
• lightens

• lights
• illuminates
• exposes
• lightens