Synonyms for Overshadow:

• n.

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

• v.

  •cloud (verb)
  • be-fogging,
  • be-clouded,
  • overcasts,
  • over shadowing,
  • over-shadows,
  • be fogged,
  • over casts,
  • be-clouding,
  • be-fogs,
  • be fogging,
  • be-fogged,
  • be clouding,
  • over-shadowing,
  • be clouds,
  • be fogs,
  • over casting,
  • over-shadowed,
  • over shadows,
  • over-shadow,
  • over-casts,
  • over-cast,
  • over-casting,
  • be fog,
  • over cast,
  • be-fog,
  • over shadowed,
  • be-cloud,
  • be-clouds,
  • be clouded,
  • over shadow.
  •darken (verb)
  • clouded up,
  • made dim,
  • clouding over,
  • be dimmed,
  • clouds up,
  • making dim,
  • be dimming,
  • be-dimming,
  • be-dimmed,
  • clouds over,
  • makes dim.
  •dominate (verb)
  • has way,
  • plays first fiddle,
  • Over-bearing,
  • out shine,
  • lays down the law,
  • leads by the nose,
  • kept under thumb,
  • pre-vails,
  • hadst upper hand,
  • out-shines,
  • super-abound,
  • hath way,
  • super abounding,
  • holding sway over,
  • super-abounds,
  • ran show,
  • super abounded,
  • super abound,
  • detracting from,
  • had upper hand,
  • out-shining,
  • over borne,
  • running show,
  • over-rules,
  • has ones way,
  • laid down the law,
  • leading by the nose,
  • sat top of,
  • detracts from,
  • sitting top of,
  • hath ones way,
  • prevailing over,
  • haddest way,
  • over bears,
  • over rules,
  • detracted from,
  • over-ruled,
  • out-shine,
  • haddest one's way,
  • haddest ones way,
  • hadst way,
  • leading by nose,
  • laying down law,
  • super-abounding,
  • out shined,
  • over-born,
  • lays down law,
  • has upper hand,
  • sits top of,
  • sat on top of,
  • lay down law,
  • haddest one way,
  • runs the show,
  • run show,
  • over born,
  • super-abounded,
  • pre-vail,
  • have ones way,
  • runs show,
  • played first fiddle,
  • hath one way,
  • hast way,
  • prevailed over,
  • have one way,
  • pre vail,
  • hadst ones way,
  • pre vailed,
  • hadst one way,
  • sitting on top of,
  • over bore,
  • overborn,
  • laid down law,
  • having one's way,
  • pre-vailed,
  • haddest upper hand,
  • overbore,
  • prevails over,
  • over bearing,
  • hast ones way,
  • hast one way,
  • has one's way,
  • sub jugate,
  • rule roost,
  • over bear,
  • pre vails,
  • over-ruling,
  • running the show,
  • having ones way,
  • having one way,
  • over-borne,
  • super abounds,
  • playing first fiddle,
  • sate on top of,
  • over rule,
  • out-shined,
  • leads by nose,
  • had one's way,
  • out-shone,
  • lead by nose,
  • holds sway over,
  • over ruled,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • hadst one's way,
  • sit top of,
  • sate top of,
  • sits on top of,
  • over-rule,
  • had ones way,
  • superabounded,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • pre vailing,
  • having way,
  • laying down the law,
  • hast one's way,
  • hast upper hand,
  • led by nose,
  • superabounds,
  • hath one's way,
  • superabounding,
  • over-bears,
  • having upper hand,
  • has one way,
  • over ruling,
  • have way,
  • hath upper hand,
  • had way,
  • out shone,
  • ran the show,
  • over-bore,
  • out shines,
  • had one way,
  • held sway over,
  • sub-jugate,
  • out shining.
  •dwarf (verb)
  • looks down upon,
  • be-littles,
  • micrifies,
  • micrified,
  • looked down up on,
  • look down up on,
  • micrifying,
  • looks down up on,
  • makes small,
  • looked down upon,
  • minifies,
  • rose above,
  • looking down up on,
  • be littles,
  • looking down upon,
  • rises above,
  • making small,
  • towered over,
  • made small,
  • be-little.
  •eclipse (verb)
  • blots out.
  •excel (verb)
  • outclass,
  • exceed,
  • outstrip,
  • transcend,
  • outdo,
  • excel,
  • cap,
  • best,
  • beat.
  •loom (verb)
  • coming the scene,
  • wast at hand,
  • comes on the scene,
  • broke through,
  • is the cards,
  • wast the wind,
  • wert in the wind,
  • are in the cards,
  • is at hand,
  • being coming,
  • wert forthcoming,
  • being cards,
  • coming on scene,
  • are imminent,
  • becoming visible,
  • seemed large,
  • being the wind,
  • were in cards,
  • are forthcoming,
  • wast in the wind,
  • are cards,
  • were in the cards,
  • were in the wind,
  • am hand,
  • am in cards,
  • wast near,
  • over tops,
  • wert the wind,
  • art coming,
  • being in the cards,
  • are hand,
  • art at hand,
  • comes in to view,
  • were coming,
  • hangs over,
  • art wind,
  • was the cards,
  • wast coming,
  • is near,
  • was near,
  • be hand,
  • is imminent,
  • were wind,
  • being near,
  • is in the wind,
  • over-tops,
  • being in cards,
  • come on scene,
  • coming forth,
  • wert the cards,
  • being forthcoming,
  • art hand,
  • was in the cards,
  • art in wind,
  • wert hand,
  • was forthcoming,
  • art imminent,
  • wast in wind,
  • come scene,
  • wast cards,
  • coming into view,
  • came on the scene,
  • coming in to view,
  • wast hand,
  • came on scene,
  • were forthcoming,
  • hanged over,
  • is hand,
  • are in wind,
  • comes on scene,
  • being in wind,
  • be the wind,
  • is in cards,
  • being at hand,
  • over hangs,
  • are in cards,
  • wert cards,
  • is the wind,
  • art in cards,
  • wert in cards,
  • comes scene,
  • were in wind,
  • art in the wind,
  • brake through,
  • over-topped,
  • was the wind,
  • be in wind,
  • came scene,
  • art forthcoming,
  • were hand,
  • be the cards,
  • is wind,
  • comes the scene,
  • being hand,
  • coming on the scene,
  • seemed huge,
  • over-hang,
  • were imminent,
  • over-topping,
  • seeming large,
  • be cards,
  • being wind,
  • over topped,
  • am at hand,
  • wast the cards,
  • seeming huge,
  • takes shape,
  • is in wind,
  • was in cards,
  • art the wind,
  • were the cards,
  • am the cards,
  • became visible,
  • wert coming,
  • is forthcoming,
  • were the wind,
  • was wind,
  • coming scene,
  • art cards,
  • is in the cards,
  • am coming,
  • are in the wind,
  • over topping,
  • wert in wind,
  • come the scene,
  • wast in the cards,
  • took shape,
  • art near,
  • be in cards,
  • were cards,
  • over-hangs,
  • are the cards,
  • seems huge,
  • art in the cards,
  • wast imminent,
  • wert imminent,
  • over hang,
  • are the wind,
  • breaks through,
  • be wind,
  • wert in the cards,
  • am the wind,
  • over-hanging,
  • being imminent,
  • is coming,
  • are wind,
  • was coming,
  • wert near,
  • am wind,
  • wert at hand,
  • is cards,
  • came into view,
  • seems large,
  • am cards,
  • was imminent,
  • were at hand,
  • came the scene,
  • was hand,
  • am imminent,
  • hung over,
  • were near,
  • wast forthcoming,
  • are at hand,
  • was cards,
  • came in to view,
  • taking shape,
  • are coming,
  • wert wind,
  • was in the wind,
  • being the cards,
  • art the cards,
  • was in wind,
  • being in the wind,
  • was at hand,
  • come in to view,
  • wast in cards,
  • wast wind.
  •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.
  •outmatch (verb)
  • out-did,
  • out did,
  • out-doing,
  • out matches,
  • out does,
  • out matching,
  • out done,
  • out matched,
  • out-does,
  • out-matches,
  • out match,
  • out doing,
  • out-done,
  • out-matching,
  • out-matched,
  • out-match.
  •outweigh (verb)
  • atones for,
  • out balance,
  • out running,
  • out balanced,
  • out-rivalled,
  • out-weighs,
  • out runs,
  • out run,
  • counter-poising,
  • out-balance,
  • counter vails,
  • counter vail,
  • out-run,
  • counter poises,
  • counter-balanced,
  • counter-vailed,
  • out weighing,
  • out rivals,
  • ex celled,
  • counter poise,
  • counter poising,
  • makes for,
  • over comes,
  • out-weighed,
  • making up for,
  • tips the scales,
  • out balances,
  • out rivaling,
  • out-balances,
  • tips scales,
  • tip scales,
  • ex-celling,
  • cancels out,
  • out-rivals,
  • counter vailing,
  • out-rival,
  • out rivaled,
  • counter poised,
  • tipped the scales,
  • over coming,
  • counter-balancing,
  • over-coming,
  • out-balanced,
  • out rivalled,
  • counter balances,
  • counter-poised,
  • counter balanced,
  • over-comes,
  • out-runs,
  • out weighs,
  • atoning for,
  • canceling out,
  • out-weigh,
  • out-rivaled,
  • out-weighing,
  • counter-vails,
  • takes precedence,
  • out rival,
  • tipping scales,
  • over come,
  • took precedence,
  • out rivalling,
  • counter-poise,
  • sets off,
  • out-balancing,
  • counter balance,
  • taking precedence,
  • out-rivalling,
  • counter-vail,
  • out weighed,
  • counter-vailing,
  • counter balancing,
  • tipped scales,
  • out-rivaling,
  • ex celling,
  • tipping the scales,
  • out-running,
  • counter-poises,
  • out balancing,
  • counter vailed,
  • makes up for.
  •perception (verb)
  • overshadow.
  •predominate (verb)
  • pre-dominated,
  • pre-dominates,
  • getting upper hand,
  • got the upper hand,
  • gets upper hand,
  • got upper hand,
  • gat upper hand,
  • pre-dominate,
  • holds sway,
  • pre dominated,
  • pre-dominating,
  • pre dominating,
  • getting the upper hand,
  • gets the upper hand,
  • pre dominates,
  • gotten upper hand,
  • pre dominate,
  • gat the upper hand,
  • gotten the upper hand.
  •preponderate (verb)
  • reigning supreme,
  • reigns supreme,
  • reigned supreme.
  •shade (verb)
  • was overcast,
  • wast overcast,
  • art overcast,
  • being overcast,
  • am overcast,
  • cast shadow,
  • inumbrating,
  • umbraging,
  • casts a shadow,
  • inumbrates,
  • were overcast,
  • umbraged,
  • are overcast,
  • inumbrated,
  • is overcast,
  • casting shadow,
  • casts shadow,
  • wert overcast,
  • casting a shadow.
  •surpass (verb)
  • out-performing,
  • out performing,
  • out going,
  • out strip,
  • out-paces,
  • sur mounts,
  • out strips,
  • out-strips,
  • out-performed,
  • out went,
  • out-steps,
  • out ranking,
  • sur passed,
  • out-stripped,
  • out-performs,
  • out-stripping,
  • sur-mounted,
  • out performed,
  • over-ridden,
  • sur-passes,
  • out-pacing,
  • out-gone,
  • out-distancing,
  • be-sting,
  • out distances,
  • out-paced,
  • over-steps,
  • over steps,
  • out performs,
  • out ranked,
  • improve up on,
  • out-went,
  • out paced,
  • sur passes,
  • sur mounting,
  • out-pace,
  • put shame,
  • outsteps,
  • over riding,
  • out pace,
  • sur passing,
  • going better,
  • out-distances,
  • out-ranks,
  • improved up on,
  • out distancing,
  • sur-passing,
  • out rank,
  • improves upon,
  • sur-mount,
  • out-distanced,
  • goes better,
  • over-stepping,
  • improves up on,
  • over-rides,
  • over rides,
  • sur mounted,
  • out-ranking,
  • sur mount,
  • out paces,
  • goes one better,
  • sur-passed,
  • out gone,
  • over rode,
  • sur-mounting,
  • going one better,
  • out stepping,
  • out perform,
  • over ride,
  • out-stepped,
  • over-riding,
  • out-rank,
  • sur pass,
  • went one better,
  • over-rode,
  • out-ranked,
  • sur-pass,
  • out steps,
  • out-stepping,
  • out ranks,
  • out distanced,
  • out distance,
  • over stepped,
  • over ridden,
  • out-going,
  • sur-mounts,
  • out-strip,
  • over-stepped,
  • outstepped,
  • improving upon,
  • went better,
  • outstepping,
  • be sting,
  • out stepped,
  • improving up on,
  • go better,
  • over stepping.
  •upstage (verb)
  • up-staged,
  • draws attention from,
  • up-stages,
  • up stage,
  • drawing attention from,
  • up staged,
  • up stages,
  • up-stage,
  • up staging,
  • up-staging,
  • drew attention from.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • take away from,
  • contaminate,
  • coarsen,
  • downplay,
  • loose on,
  • strike at,
  • impair,
  • cancel out,
  • trivialize,
  • derogate from,
  • understate,
  • taint,
  • underplay,
  • muck up,
  • harm,
  • offset,
  • bedim,
  • negate,
  • doom,
  • play down,
  • clobber,
  • belittle,
  • soft pedal,
  • dent.
  •
  • becloud,
  • skew,
  • blear,
  • poison,
  • dehumanize,
  • bite,
  • overcast,
  • nullify,
  • block out,
  • downgrade,
  • ail,
  • befog,
  • depreciate.
  •
  • breed,
  • blur,
  • minimize,
  • diminish,
  • put out,
  • extinguish.
  •
  • hurt,
  • drive.
  •
  • HIT.
  •cloud
  • overcasting,
  • glooming,
  • be cloud,
  • Gloomed,
  • obfuscate,
  • befogged,
  • Befogging,
  • befogs.
  •darken
  • clouding up,
  • graying,
  • grayed,
  • GRAYS,
  • cloud over,
  • murking,
  • murked,
  • Hazed,
  • make dim,
  • cloud up,
  • clouded over,
  • Hazing.
  •dominate
  • Subjected,
  • Subjecting,
  • have one's way,
  • led by the nose,
  • detract from,
  • Tyrannized,
  • prevail over,
  • sit on top of,
  • have upper hand,
  • keep under thumb,
  • hold sway over,
  • run the show,
  • call shots,
  • lay down the law,
  • overbear,
  • preponderate,
  • overborne,
  • over-bear,
  • play first fiddle,
  • overbears,
  • Superabound,
  • lead by the nose,
  • prevails.
  •obscure
  • Muddying,
  • covers up,
  • throw up smoke screen,
  • covering up,
  • cover up,
  • covered up,
  • muddied,
  • cloud the issue,
  • overclouds,
  • fuzzed,
  • fuzzing,
  • muddy the waters,
  • overclouded,
  • Muddy Waters,
  • overclouding,
  • blinded,
  • muddies,
  • blinding.
  •outweigh
  • cancelling out,
  • counterpoised,
  • out weigh,
  • outrivalling,
  • made up for,
  • counter-balance,
  • canceled out,
  • atone for,
  • outbalanced,
  • outbalance,
  • cancelled out,
  • set off,
  • outrivaled,
  • Counterpoising,
  • outrivals,
  • setting off,
  • outbalancing,
  • atoned for,
  • outbalances,
  • outrivaling,
  • counter-balances,
  • tip the scales,
  • make for,
  • make up for,
  • outrivalled,
  • making for.
  •preponderate
  • reign supreme.
  •shade
  • shuttering,
  • be overcast,
  • shaded,
  • shuttered,
  • Inumbrate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • melancholy,
  • nightfall,
  • tower,
  • Bestraddle,
  • lessen,
  • Encloud,
  • threaten,
  • shadows,
  • dazzle,
  • overtake,
  • blackness,
  • dark,
  • embarrass,
  • top,
  • brown,
  • overrule,
  • menace,
  • pass,
  • overlook,
  • gloom,
  • black,
  • desolation,
  • twilight,
  • Enmist,
  • outrun,
  • consume,
  • outdistance,
  • bestride,
  • haze over,
  • hide,
  • gloominess,
  • clabber up,
  • Dislimn,
  • obscurity,
  • cast a shadow,
  • overwhelm,
  • blanket,
  • mortify,
  • darkness,
  • prevail,
  • occult,
  • murk,
  • obtain,
  • shade off,
  • duskiness,
  • blight,
  • shine,
  • curtain,
  • conceal,
  • Nubilate,
  • silhouette,
  • be superior,
  • outvie,
  • leave behind,
  • semidarkness,
  • overbalance,
  • sullenness,
  • blacken,
  • blindfold,
  • rival,
  • Bemist,
  • Occulting,
  • midnight,
  • better,
  • mar,
  • shame,
  • smoke,
  • shroud,
  • Outtop,
  • bedarken,
  • fake out,
  • Obumbrate,
  • outrival,
  • master,
  • stand out,
  • Occulted,
  • overarch,
  • outjump,
  • glumness,
  • smog,
  • put to shame,
  • mist,
  • fuzz,
  • cover,
  • overpower,
  • night,
  • depression,
  • blind,
  • black out,
  • shutter,
  • call off,
  • control,
  • dull,
  • begloom,
  • ruin,
  • surmount,
  • screen,
  • Obnubilate,
  • dusk,
  • worst,
  • be pre-eminent,
  • remove from office,
  • somber,
  • show,
  • dimness,
  • be superior to,
  • reign,
  • lord it over,
  • emulate,
  • overawe,
  • block,
  • outreach,
  • show up.

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.