Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "shadow" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

sun

Typical Location

bridge bright light day attached to daytime ground light moonlit room suface of moon sunshine

Defined As

shade of person

Derived Terms

acoustic shadow afraid of one's own shadow antishadow backshadow backshadowing beshade beshadow beyond a shadow of a doubt beyond a shadow of doubt beyond the shadow of a doubt cast a shadow chromoshadow digital shadow enshadow eye shadow eyeshadow five o'clock shadow foreshadow foreshadow foreshadowing in the shadow of job-shadow jump at one's own shadow live in the shadow of nonshadow outshadow overshadow preshadow rain shadow rainshadow saffron shadow dancer shadow DOM shadow IT shadow account shadow accounting shadow acne shadow ban shadow band shadow bank shadow banker shadow banking shadow banking system shadow beni shadow blister effect shadow box shadow boxing shadow buffer shadow cabinet shadow daddy shadow darner shadow dial shadow docket shadow drop shadow factory shadow fleet shadow gazer shadow government shadow grass shadow history shadow library shadow map shadow mapping shadow mask shadow matter shadow memory shadow minister shadow of one's former self shadow play shadow price shadow pronoun shadow puppet shadow puppetry shadow real wage shadow realm shadow ship shadow snake shadow social shadow stitch shadow stock shadow trade shadow trading shadow volume shadow war shadow witch shadow work shadow zone shadow-ban shadow-box shadow-stalker shadow-throwing shadow-vinnie bush shadowable shadowban shadowbox shadowboxer shadowboxing shadowcast shadowcasting shadowdragon shadower shadowfilled shadowgram shadowgraph shadowish shadowland shadowless shadowlike shadowy sideshadow sideshadowing sound shadow supershadow take the shadow for the substance unshadow valley of the shadow of death wind shadow without a shadow of a doubt

Distinct From

light sunlight

Etymologically Related To

schaduw shade

Context

au computing espionage latinism police politics programming psychology typography uk

Has Property

dark

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

boding command darken dominate follow follower foreboding illusion indicant indication overlook overtop premonition presence presentiment recourse refuge resort scene semblance shade shadiness shadowiness spy

Type Of (IsA)

comics character follower foreboding localized spatial thing non situational spatial thing presence recourse shade

Made Of

absence of light

Manner Of

darken dominate follow

Receives Action

cast by person or object caused by object blocking light formed when object blocks light

Related Terms

scoto

Related Terms

area aspect black black outline block cast causing causing shade clock dark dark area dark outlines dark reflection darker darkness drop shadow face five five clock follow following following you furtively ghost gloom guest hiding identifier image jungian letter light need need shave obscurity occupation on face outline outlines personality professional projection projection sun psychology reflection rom scope secretly see see you shade shadowing shave spirit strong strong light sun sun block surveillance trainee tree unconscious under under tree uninvited word processor

Synonym Network

apparition darkness ombre tail trace

Used For

build fear in movie cooling cooling off finding source of light indicating caution keep sun off locating object play shadow tig sense of time shade sundial to tell time tell directions

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.