Synonyms of shadowed

shadowed 1 of 2

adjective

as in shady

protected from the sun's rays

sat in a shadowed corner of the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shady
• shaded
• darkened
• shadowy
• sheltered
• dark
• covered
• dim
• umbrageous
• dimmed
• canopied
• murky
• obscured
• dusky
• somber
• cloudy
• gloomy
• darkling
• darkish
• obscure
• moonless
• inky
• pitch-black
• pitch-dark
• darksome
• penumbral
• sunless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• sunny
• light
• illuminated
• bright
• luminous
• brilliant
• dazzling
• lit
• shining
• illumined
• incandescent
• lucent
• lucid
• shadeless
• effulgent
• radiant
• brightened
• lambent
• luminary
• lustrous
• bedazzling
• beaming

shadowed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of shadow

1

as in chased

to go after or on the track of

shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chased
• tracked
• pursued
• followed
• escorted
• traced
• accompanied
• trailed
• tailed
• hounded
• dogged
• coursed
• ran after
• watched
• tagged
• ran
• bird-dogged
• sought
• hunted
• observed
• chaperoned
• eyed
• searched (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• led
• guided
• piloted
• headed

2

as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

thickening clouds shadowed the countryside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscured
• darkened
• blurred
• blackened
• overshadowed
• clouded
• shrouded
• dimmed
• hazed
• misted
• overcast
• shaded
• fogged
• beclouded
• concealed
• overclouded
• covered
• hid
• bedimmed
• eclipsed
• dislimned
• bleared
• masked
• obliterated
• fuzzed (up)
• adumbrated
• befogged
• cloaked
• veiled
• camouflaged
• screened
• blotted out
• curtained
• disguised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminated
• brightened
• lit (up)
• exposed
• revealed
• lightened
• uncovered
• illumined
• unveiled

3

as in shaded

to shelter (something) from light and heat

a pathway shadowed by a canopy of arching branches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaded
• protected
• covered
• dimmed
• darkened
• overshadowed
• clouded
• overcast
• dulled
• screened
• canopied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit
• illuminated
• exposed
• lightened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shadowed

Verb

Cornerback Jyaire Hill, one of the top NFL prospects on Michigan’s roster, shadowed Sategna and limited him to two catches for nine yards. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Tender Loving Care is a gentle, mournful, funny portrait of a family whose future is shadowed by uncertainty but tries to face life with cheeriness. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Paxton has been shadowed for decades by legal and ethical questions, including indictments for securities fraud, though he was not convicted. — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Rookie wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling shadowed veteran Mike Evans as warmups began. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

On a planet where the temperature can top 800 degrees, the poles are frigid with deep, permanently shadowed craters packed with ice. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Gay desire has been more peripheral to his work, and is usually shadowed by danger. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Over the past three years, students have used the partnership to take more than 11,000 business tours and college visits and shadowed more than 7,000 people at jobs, Jewett said. — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026

Their accomplishments were shadowed by the sign-stealing mess that erupted in Houston in 2020, but Springer took more than his share of responsibility. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026