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umbra

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Synonyms and Antonyms of umbra

1 a time or place of little or no light

strange noises were coming from the wooded umbra beyond our campfire

Synonyms of umbra

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

Words Related to umbra

blackout, brownout, dimout

shadiness, umbrage

dullness (also dulness), somberness

cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness

dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness

Near Antonyms of umbra

moonlight, starlight, sunlight

effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine

incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness

Antonyms of umbra

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

2 partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays

during a solar eclipse observers located within the umbra experience a complete blocking of the sun by the moon

Synonyms of umbra

dusk, penumbra, shade, shadiness, shadow

Words Related to umbra

blackness, dimness, duskiness, gloom, gloominess, murkiness, obscurity, semidarkness, somberness

Near Antonyms of umbra

brightness, brilliance, effulgence, illumination, incandescence, light, lightness, lucidity, lucidness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, radiance, radiancy

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