What is another word for overshadow?
1001 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌə͡ʊvəʃˈadə͡ʊ], [ ˌəʊvəʃˈadəʊ], [ ˌəʊ_v_ə_ʃ_ˈa_d_əʊ]Table of Contents
Similar words for overshadow:- cloud (verb)
- darken (verb)
- dominate (verb)
- dwarf (verb)
- eclipse (verb)
- excel (verb)
- loom (verb)
- make obscure, dim, vague (verb)
- obscure (verb)
- outmatch (verb)
- outweigh (verb)
- perception (verb)
- predominate (verb)
- preponderate (verb)
- shade (verb)
- surpass (verb)
- upstage (verb)
- other synonyms
- cloud
- darken
- dominate
- obscure
- other relevant words
- outweigh
- preponderate
- shade
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Overshadow:
n.
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- manage,
- neutralize,
- spoil,
- cost,
- tower above,
- damage,
- govern.
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- 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.
- clouded up,
- made dim,
- clouding over,
- be dimmed,
- clouds up,
- making dim,
- be dimming,
- be-dimming,
- be-dimmed,
- clouds over,
- makes dim.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- dim,
- veil,
- haze,
- rule,
- adumbrate,
- take precedence,
- steal spotlight,
- outshine,
- leave in the shade,
- command,
- Overweigh,
- overcloud.
- fog.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- becloud,
- skew,
- blear,
- poison,
- dehumanize,
- bite,
- overcast,
- nullify,
- block out,
- downgrade,
- ail,
- befog,
- depreciate.
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- HIT.
- clouding up,
- graying,
- grayed,
- GRAYS,
- cloud over,
- murking,
- murked,
- Hazed,
- make dim,
- cloud up,
- clouded over,
- Hazing.
- 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.
- 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.
- predominates,
- outweigh,
- outpace,
- outpaces,
- Outstep,
- stunting,
- went beyond,
- overtops,
- nears,
- Neared,
- Outgone,
- Minifying,
- be little,
- Bulked,
- outranking,
- be in the cards,
- Outwent,
- outgo,
- overstep,
- hold sway,
- be at hand,
- eclipse,
- blot out,
- out-distance,
- micrify,
- shade,
- blotting out,
- over-ride,
- holding sway,
- held sway,
- cloud,
- dwarf,
- going beyond,
- out pacing,
- outpaced,
- predominate,
- goes beyond,
- outperform,
- becomes visible,
- break through,
- go beyond,
- Outgoes,
- comes forth,
- come forth,
- outperforming,
- out-perform,
- Overtopped,
- be imminent,
- rise above,
- get upper hand,
- come on the scene,
- Minified,
- improved upon,
- outrank,
- towering over,
- be coming,
- seem huge,
- surpass,
- outmatch,
- upstage,
- come into view,
- breaking through,
- Bulking,
- seem large,
- minify,
- rising above,
- came forth,
- be near,
- be in the wind,
- outranks,
- look down upon,
- shadow,
- blotted out,
- shrouding,
- go one better,
- comes into view,
- make small,
- Shrouded,
- improve upon,
- towers over,
- take shape,
- outranked,
- overtop,
- obscure,
- loom,
- Overtopping,
- outpacing,
- be forthcoming,
- hanging over,
- shadowed,
- get the upper hand,
- tower over,
- become visible,
- towering above,
- dominate,
- darken,
- draw attention from,
- hang over,
- impend.
- 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.
- 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:
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, base form
shadow.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Other Related
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
dominate.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Antonyms for Overshadow:
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v.
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Other antonyms:
illumine, light, illuminate.
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