Definition for Overshadow:

• To throw a shadow over.

Synonyms for Overshadow:

• n.

  •
  • manage,
  • neutralize,
  • spoil,
  • cost,
  • tower above,
  • damage,
  • govern.

• v.

  •excel (verb)
  • outclass,
  • exceed,
  • outstrip,
  • transcend,
  • outdo,
  • excel,
  • cap,
  • best,
  • beat.
  •make obscure, dim, vague (verb)
  • dim,
  • veil,
  • haze,
  • rule,
  • adumbrate,
  • take precedence,
  • steal spotlight,
  • outshine,
  • leave in the shade,
  • command,
  • Overweigh,
  • overcloud.
  •obscure (verb)
  • fog.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cancel out,
  • taint,
  • downplay,
  • offset,
  • understate,
  • bedim,
  • harm,
  • dent,
  • clobber,
  • belittle,
  • contaminate,
  • trivialize,
  • underplay,
  • doom,
  • impair.
  •
  • blear,
  • dehumanize,
  • downgrade,
  • becloud,
  • overcast,
  • befog,
  • bite.
  •
  • put out,
  • minimize,
  • blur,
  • diminish,
  • extinguish.
  •
  • drive.
  •cloud
  • obfuscate.
  •darken
  • cloud up,
  • cloud over.
  •dominate
  • prevail over,
  • preponderate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Dislimn,
  • gloominess,
  • fake out,
  • dark,
  • call off,
  • occult,
  • melancholy,
  • Bemist,
  • semidarkness,
  • overlook,
  • mist,
  • brown,
  • shutter,
  • overtake,
  • darkness,
  • prevail,
  • leave behind,
  • shade off,
  • sullenness,
  • somber,
  • emulate,
  • dusk,
  • fuzz,
  • blacken,
  • outreach,
  • overpower,
  • midnight,
  • rival,
  • embarrass,
  • glumness,
  • duskiness,
  • screen,
  • Outtop,
  • Obumbrate,
  • conceal,
  • better,
  • Encloud,
  • worst,
  • show up,
  • outrun,
  • outvie,
  • consume,
  • shadows,
  • smog,
  • outjump,
  • put to shame,
  • top,
  • black out,
  • blackness,
  • shroud,
  • outrival,
  • overawe,
  • cover,
  • blind,
  • outdistance,
  • haze over,
  • obscurity,
  • Nubilate,
  • Bestraddle,
  • night,
  • blanket,
  • hide,
  • Obnubilate,
  • mar,
  • twilight,
  • desolation,
  • ruin,
  • Enmist,
  • Occulting,
  • Occulted,
  • surmount,
  • overwhelm,
  • dull,
  • silhouette,
  • overarch,
  • remove from office,
  • control,
  • cast a shadow,
  • show,
  • murk,
  • bedarken,
  • gloom,
  • master,
  • pass,
  • curtain,
  • shine,
  • blindfold,
  • be superior,
  • overrule,
  • mortify,
  • blight,
  • stand out,
  • obtain,
  • lessen,
  • reign,
  • block,
  • threaten,
  • depression,
  • bestride,
  • shame,
  • black,
  • menace,
  • tower,
  • lord it over,
  • dazzle,
  • dimness,
  • smoke,
  • overbalance,
  • nightfall.

Paraphrases for Overshadow:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, base form
    shadow.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    obscure, hide, conceal, distract, detract, disguise, mask, cloud, withhold, cloak, overlook, forget.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    dominate.
  • Verb, base form
    eclipse, darken, override.

Antonyms for Overshadow:

• v.

  • make obscure, dim, vague
    lighten, fail, brighten, clear, explain.
  • Other antonyms:
    illumine, light, illuminate.

Hypernym for Overshadow:

• v.

  • perception
    occult, eclipse.

Hyponym for Overshadow:

• v.

  • perception
    fog, befog, Obnubilate, mist, cloud, becloud, haze over, obscure.