Synonyms for Shady | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "shady" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adjective(7 words)

shadowed suspicious cruddier dim dingier dodgy dubious

amoral bent blue bosky broach broad clouded conscienceless corrupt corrupted criminal crooked curtained dark darkling derogatory devious discreditable disgraceful dishonest

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dishonorable disreputable doubtful dubious

Strong matches (45)

dusky equivocal evasive felonious fishy foul fraudulent gloomy ignoble ignominious ill-got ill-gotten immoral indecisive indefinite indirect indistinct infamous inglorious insidious

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leafy murkynot koshernotorious obscure obumbrate obumbratedoff coloroff-color overshaded overshadowed

Adjective(12 words)

fishier fishy funny greasier greasiest grimy grubbier grubby impugnable louche mirky muckier

Adjective(1 words)

iffy

Noun(1 words)

lowdown

Related words (76)

penumbral purple queasy queer questionable racy risky risque rotten salty screened seamy sexy shabby shaded shadow shadowy shameful shameless sheltered

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Adjective(24 words)

questionable scummiest scummy scuzziest seamiest seediest seedy shadowy skanky sketchysketchy descriptionsleazier sleaziest sleazy smelliest smelly sus suspect tawdriest tawdry

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umbrageous unreliable unsavoury unscrupulous

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

credibility assessmentenvironmental attributeinformation qualitylighting conditionmoral judgementsource credibility

More specific

8 entries

canopy shadegrove shadeshady businessshady citationshady datashady dealshady schemeshady source

Collocations

6 entries

shady businessshady charactershady dealshady practiceshady provenanceshady scheme

Inflections

2 entries

shadier shadiest

Derivations

2 entries

shadily shadiness

similar

5 entries

concealed dishonest dishonorable questionable shaded

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My uncle's brother's son got involved in a shady business and disgraced the family.

Source: tatoeba (24029)

This place is too shady for taking photos.

Source: tatoeba (61673)

What can we learn from a dog? On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

Source: tatoeba (1242575)

The park is shady.

Source: tatoeba (2002575)

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Shady