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

Lemon also shadowed his position on the field when watching from the sidelines. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 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

Meanwhile the hopper will fire a rocket thruster to jump up to 15 kilometers (nine miles) across the surface at a time, targeting touchdowns in surrounding, permanently shadowed craters. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Temperatures inside permanently shadowed regions drop below minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 170 degrees Celsius). — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

That question — whether dialect is a commercial liability or a creative asset — had long shadowed the kind of filmmaking Lan has spent his career doing. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026

Before his arrest in 2021, Otero Alcántara and other members of his San Isidro Movement used social media to document their campaign against official censorship and the Cuban police and security officials that often shadowed their every move. — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Within the extraordinary images, Chalamet is shadowed by geometric forms, moving through a landscape seemingly suspended between ancient civilization and science fiction. — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026