What is another word for overshadow?
1001 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˌə͡ʊvəʃˈadə͡ʊ], [ ˌəʊvəʃˈadəʊ], [ ˌəʊ_v_ə_ʃ_ˈa_d_əʊ]
Overshadowing is a word used to describe the action of making something or someone seem less important or significant in comparison to another thing or person. Synonyms for overshadow include "eclipse," "outshine," "dominate," "surpass," and "overshine." These words all imply a similar dominance or superiority over the subject being compared. Other words that can be used in place of overshadow include "dwarf," "diminish," "subjugate," and "outdo." Depending on the context of the sentence, different synonyms can be used to convey specific meanings or connotations. Overall, overshadowing is an action that takes away from the importance or value of something or someone.
Synonyms for Overshadow:
-
v.
• cloud- be clouded ,
- be clouding ,
- be clouds ,
- be fog ,
- be fogged ,
- be fogging ,
- be fogs ,
- be-cloud ,
- be-clouded ,
- be-clouding ,
- be-clouds ,
- be-fog ,
- be-fogged ,
- be-fogging ,
- be-fogs ,
- over cast ,
- over casting ,
- over casts ,
- over shadow ,
- over shadowed ,
- over shadowing ,
- over shadows ,
- over-cast ,
- over-casting ,
- over-casts ,
- over-shadow ,
- over-shadowed ,
- over-shadowing ,
- over-shadows ,
- overcasts .
- be dimmed ,
- be dimming ,
- be-dimmed ,
- be-dimming ,
- clouded up ,
- clouding over ,
- clouds over ,
- clouds up ,
- made dim ,
- makes dim ,
- making dim .
- Over-bearing ,
- detracted from ,
- detracting from ,
- detracts from ,
- had one way ,
- had one's way ,
- had ones way ,
- had upper hand ,
- had way ,
- haddest one way ,
- haddest one's way ,
- haddest ones way ,
- haddest upper hand ,
- haddest way ,
- hadst one way ,
- hadst one's way ,
- hadst ones way ,
- hadst upper hand ,
- hadst way ,
- has one way ,
- has one's way ,
- has ones way ,
- has upper hand ,
- has way ,
- hast one way ,
- hast one's way ,
- hast ones way ,
- hast upper hand ,
- hast way ,
- hath one way ,
- hath one's way ,
- hath ones way ,
- hath upper hand ,
- hath way ,
- have one way ,
- have ones way ,
- have way ,
- having one way ,
- having one's way ,
- having ones way ,
- having upper hand ,
- having way ,
- held sway over ,
- holding sway over ,
- holds sway over ,
- keeping under thumb ,
- keeps under thumb ,
- kept under thumb ,
- laid down law ,
- laid down the law ,
- lay down law ,
- laying down law ,
- laying down the law ,
- lays down law ,
- lays down the law ,
- lead by nose ,
- leading by nose ,
- leading by the nose ,
- leads by nose ,
- leads by the nose ,
- led by nose ,
- out shine ,
- out shined ,
- out shines ,
- out shining ,
- out shone ,
- out-shine ,
- out-shined ,
- out-shines ,
- out-shining ,
- out-shone ,
- over bear ,
- over bearing ,
- over bears ,
- over bore ,
- over born ,
- over borne ,
- over rule ,
- over ruled ,
- over rules ,
- over ruling ,
- over-bears ,
- over-bore ,
- over-born ,
- over-borne ,
- over-rule ,
- over-ruled ,
- over-rules ,
- over-ruling ,
- overbore ,
- overborn ,
- played first fiddle ,
- playing first fiddle ,
- plays first fiddle ,
- pre vail ,
- pre vailed ,
- pre vailing ,
- pre vails ,
- pre-vail ,
- pre-vailed ,
- pre-vails ,
- prevailed over ,
- prevailing over ,
- prevails over ,
- ran show ,
- ran the show ,
- rule roost ,
- run show ,
- running show ,
- running the show ,
- runs show ,
- runs the show ,
- sat on top of ,
- sat top of ,
- sate on top of ,
- sate top of ,
- sit top of ,
- sits on top of ,
- sits top of ,
- sitting on top of ,
- sitting top of ,
- sub jugate ,
- sub-jugate ,
- super abound ,
- super abounded ,
- super abounding ,
- super abounds ,
- super-abound ,
- super-abounded ,
- super-abounding ,
- super-abounds ,
- superabounded ,
- superabounding ,
- superabounds .
- be littles ,
- be-little ,
- be-littles ,
- look down up on ,
- looked down up on ,
- looked down upon ,
- looking down up on ,
- looking down upon ,
- looks down up on ,
- looks down upon ,
- made small ,
- makes small ,
- making small ,
- micrified ,
- micrifies ,
- micrifying ,
- minifies ,
- rises above ,
- rose above ,
- towered over .
- am at hand ,
- am cards ,
- am coming ,
- am hand ,
- am imminent ,
- am in cards ,
- am the cards ,
- am the wind ,
- am wind ,
- are at hand ,
- are cards ,
- are coming ,
- are forthcoming ,
- are hand ,
- are imminent ,
- are in cards ,
- are in the cards ,
- are in the wind ,
- are in wind ,
- are the cards ,
- are the wind ,
- are wind ,
- art at hand ,
- art cards ,
- art coming ,
- art forthcoming ,
- art hand ,
- art imminent ,
- art in cards ,
- art in the cards ,
- art in the wind ,
- art in wind ,
- art near ,
- art the cards ,
- art the wind ,
- art wind ,
- be cards ,
- be hand ,
- be in cards ,
- be in wind ,
- be the cards ,
- be the wind ,
- be wind ,
- became visible ,
- becoming visible ,
- being at hand ,
- being cards ,
- being coming ,
- being forthcoming ,
- being hand ,
- being imminent ,
- being in cards ,
- being in the cards ,
- being in the wind ,
- being in wind ,
- being near ,
- being the cards ,
- being the wind ,
- being wind ,
- brake through ,
- breaks through ,
- broke through ,
- came in to view ,
- came into view ,
- came on scene ,
- came on the scene ,
- came scene ,
- came the scene ,
- come in to view ,
- come on scene ,
- come scene ,
- come the scene ,
- comes in to view ,
- comes on scene ,
- comes on the scene ,
- comes scene ,
- comes the scene ,
- coming forth ,
- coming in to view ,
- coming into view ,
- coming on scene ,
- coming on the scene ,
- coming scene ,
- coming the scene ,
- hanged over ,
- hangs over ,
- hung over ,
- is at hand ,
- is cards ,
- is coming ,
- is forthcoming ,
- is hand ,
- is imminent ,
- is in cards ,
- is in the cards ,
- is in the wind ,
- is in wind ,
- is near ,
- is the cards ,
- is the wind ,
- is wind ,
- over hang ,
- over hangs ,
- over topped ,
- over topping ,
- over tops ,
- over-hang ,
- over-hanging ,
- over-hangs ,
- over-topped ,
- over-topping ,
- over-tops ,
- seemed huge ,
- seemed large ,
- seeming huge ,
- seeming large ,
- seems huge ,
- seems large ,
- takes shape ,
- taking shape ,
- took shape ,
- was at hand ,
- was cards ,
- was coming ,
- was forthcoming ,
- was hand ,
- was imminent ,
- was in cards ,
- was in the cards ,
- was in the wind ,
- was in wind ,
- was near ,
- was the cards ,
- was the wind ,
- was wind ,
- wast at hand ,
- wast cards ,
- wast coming ,
- wast forthcoming ,
- wast hand ,
- wast imminent ,
- wast in cards ,
- wast in the cards ,
- wast in the wind ,
- wast in wind ,
- wast near ,
- wast the cards ,
- wast the wind ,
- wast wind ,
- were at hand ,
- were cards ,
- were coming ,
- were forthcoming ,
- were hand ,
- were imminent ,
- were in cards ,
- were in the cards ,
- were in the wind ,
- were in wind ,
- were near ,
- were the cards ,
- were the wind ,
- were wind ,
- wert at hand ,
- wert cards ,
- wert coming ,
- wert forthcoming ,
- wert hand ,
- wert imminent ,
- wert in cards ,
- wert in the cards ,
- wert in the wind ,
- wert in wind ,
- wert near ,
- wert the cards ,
- wert the wind ,
- wert wind .
- dim .
- fog .
- out did ,
- out does ,
- out doing ,
- out done ,
- out match ,
- out matched ,
- out matches ,
- out matching ,
- out-did ,
- out-does ,
- out-doing ,
- out-done ,
- out-match ,
- out-matched ,
- out-matches ,
- out-matching .
- atones for ,
- atoning for ,
- canceling out ,
- cancels out ,
- counter balance ,
- counter balanced ,
- counter balances ,
- counter balancing ,
- counter poise ,
- counter poised ,
- counter poises ,
- counter poising ,
- counter vail ,
- counter vailed ,
- counter vailing ,
- counter vails ,
- counter-balanced ,
- counter-balancing ,
- counter-poise ,
- counter-poised ,
- counter-poises ,
- counter-poising ,
- counter-vail ,
- counter-vailed ,
- counter-vailing ,
- counter-vails ,
- ex celled ,
- ex celling ,
- ex-celling ,
- makes for ,
- makes up for ,
- making up for ,
- out balance ,
- out balanced ,
- out balances ,
- out balancing ,
- out rival ,
- out rivaled ,
- out rivaling ,
- out rivalled ,
- out rivalling ,
- out rivals ,
- out run ,
- out running ,
- out runs ,
- out weighed ,
- out weighing ,
- out weighs ,
- out-balance ,
- out-balanced ,
- out-balances ,
- out-balancing ,
- out-rival ,
- out-rivaled ,
- out-rivaling ,
- out-rivalled ,
- out-rivalling ,
- out-rivals ,
- out-run ,
- out-running ,
- out-runs ,
- out-weigh ,
- out-weighed ,
- out-weighing ,
- out-weighs ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- sets off ,
- takes precedence ,
- taking precedence ,
- tip scales ,
- tipped scales ,
- tipped the scales ,
- tipping scales ,
- tipping the scales ,
- tips scales ,
- tips the scales ,
- took precedence .
- gat the upper hand ,
- gat upper hand ,
- gets the upper hand ,
- gets upper hand ,
- getting the upper hand ,
- getting upper hand ,
- got the upper hand ,
- got upper hand ,
- gotten the upper hand ,
- gotten upper hand ,
- holds sway ,
- pre dominate ,
- pre dominated ,
- pre dominates ,
- pre dominating ,
- pre-dominate ,
- pre-dominated ,
- pre-dominates ,
- pre-dominating .
- am overcast ,
- are overcast ,
- art overcast ,
- being overcast ,
- cast shadow ,
- casting a shadow ,
- casting shadow ,
- casts a shadow ,
- casts shadow ,
- inumbrated ,
- inumbrates ,
- inumbrating ,
- is overcast ,
- umbraged ,
- umbraging ,
- was overcast ,
- wast overcast ,
- were overcast ,
- wert overcast .
- be sting ,
- be-sting ,
- go better ,
- goes better ,
- goes one better ,
- going better ,
- going one better ,
- improve up on ,
- improved up on ,
- improves up on ,
- improves upon ,
- improving up on ,
- improving upon ,
- out distance ,
- out distanced ,
- out distances ,
- out distancing ,
- out going ,
- out gone ,
- out pace ,
- out paced ,
- out paces ,
- out perform ,
- out performed ,
- out performing ,
- out performs ,
- out rank ,
- out ranked ,
- out ranking ,
- out ranks ,
- out stepped ,
- out stepping ,
- out steps ,
- out strip ,
- out strips ,
- out went ,
- out-distanced ,
- out-distances ,
- out-distancing ,
- out-going ,
- out-gone ,
- out-pace ,
- out-paced ,
- out-paces ,
- out-pacing ,
- out-performed ,
- out-performing ,
- out-performs ,
- out-rank ,
- out-ranked ,
- out-ranking ,
- out-ranks ,
- out-stepped ,
- out-stepping ,
- out-steps ,
- out-strip ,
- out-stripped ,
- out-stripping ,
- out-strips ,
- out-went ,
- outstepped ,
- outstepping ,
- outsteps ,
- over ridden ,
- over ride ,
- over rides ,
- over riding ,
- over rode ,
- over stepped ,
- over stepping ,
- over steps ,
- over-ridden ,
- over-rides ,
- over-riding ,
- over-rode ,
- over-stepped ,
- over-stepping ,
- over-steps ,
- put shame ,
- sur mount ,
- sur mounted ,
- sur mounting ,
- sur mounts ,
- sur pass ,
- sur passed ,
- sur passes ,
- sur passing ,
- sur-mount ,
- sur-mounted ,
- sur-mounting ,
- sur-mounts ,
- sur-pass ,
- sur-passed ,
- sur-passes ,
- sur-passing ,
- went better ,
- went one better .
Other synonyms:
- bedim ,
- belittle ,
- cancel out ,
- clobber ,
- coarsen ,
- contaminate ,
- dent ,
- derogate from ,
- doom ,
- downplay ,
- harm ,
- impair ,
- loose on ,
- muck up ,
- negate ,
- offset ,
- play down ,
- soft pedal ,
- strike at ,
- taint ,
- take away from ,
- trivialize ,
- underplay ,
- understate .
- ail ,
- becloud ,
- befog ,
- bite ,
- blear ,
- block out ,
- cost ,
- dehumanize ,
- depreciate ,
- downgrade ,
- neutralize ,
- nullify ,
- overcast ,
- poison ,
- skew ,
- spoil .
- cut out .
- HIT .
Other relevant words:
- Bulked ,
- Bulking ,
- Minified ,
- Minifying ,
- Neared ,
- Outgoes ,
- Outgone ,
- Outstep ,
- Outwent ,
- Overtopped ,
- Overtopping ,
- Shrouded ,
- be at hand ,
- be coming ,
- be forthcoming ,
- be imminent ,
- be in the cards ,
- be in the wind ,
- be little ,
- be near ,
- become visible ,
- becomes visible ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- break through ,
- breaking through ,
- came forth ,
- cloud ,
- come forth ,
- come into view ,
- come on the scene ,
- comes forth ,
- comes into view ,
- darken ,
- dominate ,
- draw attention from ,
- dwarf ,
- eclipse ,
- get the upper hand ,
- get upper hand ,
- go beyond ,
- go one better ,
- goes beyond ,
- going beyond ,
- hang over ,
- hanging over ,
- held sway ,
- hold sway ,
- holding sway ,
- impend ,
- improve upon ,
- improved upon ,
- look down upon ,
- loom ,
- make small ,
- micrify ,
- minify ,
- nears ,
- obscure ,
- out pacing ,
- out-distance ,
- out-perform ,
- outgo ,
- outmatch ,
- outpace ,
- outpaced ,
- outpaces ,
- outpacing ,
- outperform ,
- outperforming ,
- outrank ,
- outranked ,
- outranking ,
- outranks ,
- outweigh ,
- over-ride ,
- overstep ,
- overtop ,
- overtops ,
- predominate ,
- predominates ,
- rise above ,
- rising above ,
- seem huge ,
- seem large ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- shadowed ,
- shrouding ,
- stunting ,
- surpass ,
- take shape ,
- tower over ,
- towering above ,
- towering over ,
- towers over ,
- upstage ,
- went beyond .
- GRAYS ,
- Hazed ,
- Hazing ,
- cloud over ,
- cloud up ,
- clouded over ,
- clouding up ,
- grayed ,
- graying ,
- make dim ,
- murked ,
- murking .
- Subjected ,
- Subjecting ,
- Superabound ,
- Tyrannized ,
- call shots ,
- detract from ,
- have one's way ,
- have upper hand ,
- hold sway over ,
- keep under thumb ,
- lay down the law ,
- lead by the nose ,
- led by the nose ,
- over-bear ,
- overbear ,
- overbears ,
- overborne ,
- play first fiddle ,
- preponderate ,
- prevail over ,
- prevails ,
- run the show ,
- sit on top of .
- Bemist ,
- Bestraddle ,
- Dislimn ,
- Encloud ,
- Enmist ,
- Nubilate ,
- Obnubilate ,
- Obumbrate ,
- Occulted ,
- Occulting ,
- Outtop ,
- Overweigh ,
- adumbrate ,
- be pre-eminent ,
- be superior ,
- be superior to ,
- bedarken ,
- begloom ,
- bestride ,
- better ,
- black ,
- black out ,
- blacken ,
- blackness ,
- blanket ,
- blight ,
- blind ,
- blindfold ,
- block ,
- brown ,
- call off ,
- cast a shadow ,
- clabber up ,
- command ,
- conceal ,
- consume ,
- control ,
- cover ,
- curtain ,
- dark ,
- darkness ,
- dazzle ,
- depression ,
- desolation ,
- dimness ,
- dull ,
- dusk ,
- duskiness ,
- embarrass ,
- emulate ,
- fake out ,
- fuzz ,
- gloom ,
- gloominess ,
- glumness ,
- govern ,
- haze ,
- haze over ,
- hide ,
- leave behind ,
- leave in the shade ,
- lessen ,
- lord it over ,
- manage ,
- mar ,
- master ,
- melancholy ,
- menace ,
- midnight ,
- mist ,
- mortify ,
- murk ,
- night ,
- nightfall ,
- obscurity ,
- obtain ,
- occult ,
- outdistance ,
- outjump ,
- outreach ,
- outrival ,
- outrun ,
- outshine ,
- outvie ,
- overarch ,
- overawe ,
- overbalance ,
- overcloud ,
- overlook ,
- overpower ,
- overrule ,
- overtake ,
- overwhelm ,
- pass ,
- prevail ,
- put to shame ,
- reign ,
- remove from office ,
- rival ,
- ruin ,
- rule ,
- screen ,
- semidarkness ,
- shade off ,
- shadows ,
- shame ,
- shine ,
- show ,
- show up ,
- shroud ,
- shutter ,
- silhouette ,
- smog ,
- smoke ,
- somber ,
- stand out ,
- steal spotlight ,
- sullenness ,
- surmount ,
- take precedence ,
- threaten ,
- top ,
- tower ,
- tower above ,
- twilight ,
- veil ,
- worst .
- Muddy Waters ,
- Muddying ,
- blinded ,
- blinding ,
- cloud the issue ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- fuzzed ,
- fuzzing ,
- muddied ,
- muddies ,
- muddy the waters ,
- overclouded ,
- overclouding ,
- overclouds ,
- throw up smoke screen .
- Counterpoising ,
- atone for ,
- atoned for ,
- canceled out ,
- cancelled out ,
- cancelling out ,
- counter-balance ,
- counter-balances ,
- counterpoised ,
- made up for ,
- make for ,
- make up for ,
- making for ,
- out weigh ,
- outbalance ,
- outbalanced ,
- outbalances ,
- outbalancing ,
- outrivaled ,
- outrivaling ,
- outrivalled ,
- outrivalling ,
- outrivals ,
- set off ,
- setting off ,
- tip the scales .
-
•
-
•
-
•
-
•
How to use "Overshadow" in context?
Whenever you see someone walking in the sunset or standing under the stars, they are casting an artificial light onto their surroundings.
Word of the Day
Chrismahanukwanzakah
- Chrismahanukwanzakah, also known as "The Holiday Season" or "The Festive Season," is a term that represents a combination of the Christian Christmas, Jewish Hanukkah, and African A...
