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shadows

noun , plural of shadow

Synonyms and Antonyms of shadows

a time or place of little or no light

lurking in the shadows

Synonyms of shadows

black, blackness, candlelight, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, twilight, umbra

Words Related to shadows

blackout, brownout, dimout

shadiness, umbrage

dullness (also dulness), somberness

cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness

dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness

Near Antonyms of shadows

moonlight, starlight, sunlight

effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine

incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness

Antonyms of shadows

blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

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