What is another word for shadowy?
652 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈadə͡ʊi], [ ʃˈadəʊi], [ ʃ_ˈa_d_əʊ_i]
Shadowy is an adjective used to describe something that is dark, dim, or obscure. There are several synonyms for the word shadowy that can be used to convey similar meanings, such as murky, dim, dusky, indistinct, gloomy, nebulous, shady, and obscure. Each of these words can be used to describe something that is difficult to see or understand, or that exists in a state of ambiguity or uncertainty. These synonyms can be used in various contexts, from describing a dark and shadowy alleyway to expressing uncertainty or doubt about a situation or person. By using these different synonyms for shadowy, writers can add nuance and variation to their language.
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Similar words for shadowy:
- black (adjective)
- cadaverous (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- dim (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- ghostly (adjective)
- imaginary (adjective)
- immaterial (adjective)
- moony (adjective)
- nonexistent (adjective)
- nonphysical (adjective)
- shady (adjective)
- tenebrous (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- dreamy (adjective)
- dusky (adjective)
- faint (adjective)
- fanciful (adjective)
- fuzzy (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- hazy (adjective)
- hidden (adjective)
- impalpable (adjective)
- imperceptible (adjective)
- indefinite (adjective)
- indistinct (adjective)
- intangible (adjective)
- notional (adjective)
- onyx (adjective)
- pitch-black (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- unbodied (adjective)
- unclear (adjective)
- uncorporal (adjective)
- undistinct (adjective)
- unnoticeable (adjective)
- unobservable (adjective)
- unsubstantial (adjective)
- vague (adjective)
- darkness (noun)
- wraith (noun)
Synonyms for Shadowy:
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adj.
• black- Atramentous ,
- Piceous ,
- charcoal ,
- coaler ,
- ebon ,
- inklike ,
- melanoid ,
- obsidian ,
- onyx ,
- pitch dark ,
- pitch-black ,
- pitch-dark ,
- pitchy ,
- raven ,
- sloe ,
- sombre ,
- starless ,
- stygian ,
- slater ,
- sombrer ,
- swart .
- aphotic ,
- cimmerian ,
- cloudy ,
- crepuscular ,
- darkened ,
- dim ,
- dreary ,
- dun ,
- gloomy ,
- ill-lighted ,
- inky ,
- lightless ,
- murky ,
- obscure ,
- rayless ,
- shaded ,
- shady ,
- silhouetted ,
- somber ,
- sooty ,
- swarthy ,
- unlighted ,
- unlit ,
- drab ,
- dusk ,
- obfuscous ,
- opaque ,
- overcast .
- bleary ,
- filmy ,
- foggy ,
- half-lit ,
- hazy ,
- in a fog ,
- mater ,
- poorly lit ,
- unilluminated .
- apparitional ,
- corpselike ,
- demonic ,
- eidolic ,
- ghostly ,
- ghoulish ,
- mythical ,
- nightmarish ,
- spectral ,
- vampiric ,
- wraithlike ,
- wraithy ,
- holy ,
- scarier ,
- scary .
- Asomatous ,
- Disbodied ,
- Discarnate ,
- Unfleshly ,
- non-material ,
- nonmaterial ,
- spiritlike ,
- unbodied ,
- uncorporal ,
- unembodied .
- Gossamery ,
- Non-existent ,
- few and far between ,
- passed on ,
- ungrounded ,
- without foundation ,
- Perished ,
- null and void ,
- passed away .
- Amphibological ,
- unexplicit ,
- more amphibological ,
- more unexplicit ,
- most amphibological ,
- most unexplicit ,
- un explicit ,
- un-explicit .
- de pressed ,
- de pressing ,
- de solate ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-solate ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-heartening ,
- doleful ,
- funereal ,
- hopeless ,
- in auspicious ,
- in pits ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more disheartening ,
- most disheartening ,
- un fortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-happy .
- introspective ,
- more daydreaming ,
- more introvertive ,
- more lulling ,
- more phantasmagorical ,
- more relaxing ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most introvertive ,
- most lulling ,
- most phantasmagorical ,
- most relaxing ,
- out of world ,
- out this world ,
- out world ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre-occupied ,
- preoccupied ,
- soothing ,
- un real ,
- un-real ,
- visionary .
- dark complexioned ,
- darkcomplexioned ,
- more adusk ,
- more dark complexioned ,
- more dark-complexioned ,
- more darkcomplexioned ,
- more darkish ,
- more twilight ,
- more twilit ,
- most adusk ,
- most brunette ,
- most dark complexioned ,
- most dark-complexioned ,
- most darkcomplexioned ,
- most darkish ,
- most twilight ,
- most twilit .
- fainter ,
- faroff ,
- in audible ,
- in-audible ,
- low pitched ,
- lowpitched ,
- more aside ,
- more bated ,
- more bleached ,
- more deadened ,
- more faltering ,
- more murmuring ,
- more muttering ,
- more piano ,
- more stifled ,
- most aside ,
- most bated ,
- most bleached ,
- most deadened ,
- most faltering ,
- most murmuring ,
- most muttering ,
- most piano ,
- most stifled ,
- out earshot ,
- re-mote .
- castles air ,
- castles the air ,
- fictional ,
- in credible ,
- in-credible ,
- incredible ,
- more curious ,
- more fabulous ,
- more fairy tale ,
- more fairy-tale ,
- more fairytale ,
- more fancied ,
- most fairy tale ,
- most fairy-tale ,
- most fairytale ,
- most fancied ,
- pie in sky ,
- pie sky ,
- pie the sky .
- Imperceivable ,
- dis guised ,
- dis-guised ,
- hermetic ,
- in dark ,
- in discernible ,
- in visible ,
- in-discernible ,
- in-visible ,
- masked ,
- more eclipsed ,
- more hermetical ,
- more imperceivable ,
- more sequestered ,
- more shrouded ,
- more unrevealed ,
- most eclipsed ,
- most hermetical ,
- most imperceivable ,
- most sequestered ,
- most shrouded ,
- most unrevealed ,
- out view ,
- un detected ,
- un disclosed ,
- un exposed ,
- un known ,
- un revealed ,
- un-detected ,
- un-disclosed ,
- un-exposed ,
- un-known ,
- un-revealed ,
- under cover ,
- under-cover ,
- under-ground ,
- with held ,
- with-held ,
- withheld .
- more imprecise ,
- more unapparent ,
- more unperceivable ,
- most imprecise ,
- most unapparent ,
- most unperceivable ,
- un apparent ,
- un perceivable ,
- un-apparent ,
- un-perceivable ,
- unapparent .
- evanescent ,
- gradual ,
- in considerable ,
- in conspicuous ,
- in distinguishable ,
- in significant ,
- in-considerable ,
- in-conspicuous ,
- in-distinguishable ,
- in-significant ,
- inconsiderable ,
- more undetectable ,
- most undetectable ,
- tiny ,
- un detectable ,
- un-detectable .
- in definite ,
- in determinable ,
- in determinate ,
- in exact ,
- in exhaustible ,
- in finite ,
- in numerable ,
- in-definite ,
- in-determinable ,
- in-exact ,
- in-exhaustible ,
- in-finite ,
- in-numerable ,
- inexact ,
- innumerable ,
- more indeterminable ,
- more unfixed ,
- more unspecific ,
- most indeterminable ,
- most unfixed ,
- most unspecific ,
- un defined ,
- un dependable ,
- un determined ,
- un fixed ,
- un settled ,
- un specific ,
- un sure ,
- un-defined ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-determined ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-limited ,
- un-settled ,
- un-specific ,
- un-sure .
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n.
• darkness • wraith Other synonyms:
- back-alley ,
- backroom ,
- backstairs ,
- cagey ,
- clandestine ,
- classified ,
- cloak-and-dagger ,
- close-mouthed ,
- closed-door ,
- confidential ,
- confidentially ,
- conspiratorial ,
- covert ,
- furtive ,
- guarded ,
- hush-hush ,
- inwardly ,
- need-to-know ,
- non-committal ,
- secretive ,
- secretly ,
- sneaky ,
- stealthy ,
- surreptitious ,
- surreptitiously ,
- top-secret ,
- under-the-counter ,
- undercover ,
- underhanded ,
- undistinct .
- front .
- intimate .
Other relevant words:
- Fuliginous ,
- Fumy ,
- Hermetical ,
- Shrouded ,
- adusk ,
- black ,
- blearer ,
- blue sky ,
- cadaverous ,
- castles in air ,
- castles in the air ,
- dark ,
- dark-complexioned ,
- darkish ,
- depressive ,
- dismal ,
- dreamy ,
- dull ,
- dusky ,
- faint ,
- fairy-tale ,
- fairytale ,
- fanciful ,
- far off ,
- impalpable ,
- imperceptible ,
- imponderable ,
- imprecise ,
- in the pits ,
- inappreciable ,
- indeterminable ,
- indistinct ,
- intangible ,
- introvertive ,
- moony ,
- nebulous ,
- no nonsense ,
- nonexistent ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of focus ,
- out of view ,
- overclouded ,
- phantasmagorical ,
- pitch-dark pitchy ,
- tenebrous ,
- twilit ,
- umbrageous ,
- under ground ,
- undetectable ,
- unfixed ,
- unobservable ,
- unperceivable ,
- unrevealed ,
- unspecific ,
- unsubstantial ,
- vague .
- Air-built ,
- Bleared ,
- Cloud-built ,
- Extramundane ,
- Fatuitous ,
- Obumbrate ,
- Orderless ,
- Overshadowed ,
- Subtile ,
- Undestined ,
- airy ,
- aleatoric ,
- aleatory ,
- amorphous ,
- astral ,
- blackness ,
- blackout ,
- blear ,
- blind ,
- blobby ,
- blurred ,
- blurry ,
- bodiless ,
- bowery ,
- broad ,
- chance ,
- chancy ,
- chaotic ,
- clear as mud ,
- confused ,
- darken ,
- darkling ,
- darkly ,
- deathlike ,
- decarnate ,
- decarnated ,
- deepen ,
- dingy ,
- disembodied ,
- disordered ,
- draw ,
- draw in ,
- dreamlike ,
- ectoplasmic ,
- ethereal ,
- etheric ,
- fancied ,
- fatuous ,
- feeble ,
- fleeting ,
- gaseous ,
- general ,
- ghostish ,
- ghostlike ,
- ghosty ,
- gloom ,
- half-light ,
- half-seen ,
- half-visible ,
- hallucinatory ,
- hit-or-miss ,
- ill-defined ,
- imagined ,
- inaccurate ,
- inchoate ,
- incoherent ,
- inconspicuous ,
- incorporate ,
- incorporeal ,
- indecisive ,
- indefinable ,
- indeterminate ,
- indistinguishable ,
- lax ,
- leaden ,
- leafy ,
- loose ,
- low-profile ,
- matt ,
- merely glimpsed ,
- moonless ,
- muddy ,
- nonspecific ,
- obumbrated ,
- occult ,
- otherworldly ,
- out ,
- overshaded ,
- pale ,
- penumbral ,
- phantasmal ,
- phantasmic ,
- phantom ,
- phantomic ,
- phantomlike ,
- psychic ,
- random ,
- rarefied ,
- semivisible ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- shadowed forth ,
- shapeless ,
- silhouette ,
- specterlike ,
- spiritual ,
- spirituous ,
- stochastic ,
- subdued ,
- subtle ,
- supernatural ,
- sweeping ,
- tenuous ,
- the gloaming ,
- transcendent ,
- transitory ,
- transmundane ,
- twilight ,
- uncertain ,
- undefined ,
- undetermined ,
- unearthly ,
- unextended ,
- unphysical ,
- unplain ,
- unreal ,
- unrecognizable ,
- unworldly ,
- vaporous ,
- veiled ,
- weak ,
- windy ,
- wispy .
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How to use "Shadowy" in context?
There are many things that make someone seem shadowy, and the word may be used independently to describe beings or things that only seem to exist in the dark. A person may be shadowy because they are difficult to see, or because they are withdrawn and hiding their true identity. A shadowy place might be one that is difficult to explore, or one that is filled with secrets. A shadowy figure might be one that is difficult to trust, or one that seems to be hiding something.
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Adjective
arcane, clandestine, dark, dubious, murky, mysterious, obscure, shady.
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Homophones for Shadowy:
- saxegothea, shout out, suede, sestet, seta, shady, scet, soaked, sesotho, shoddy, shakeout, saw wood, satie, studio, scathe, stay away, swot, statute, seaside, sagacity, scout, see eye to eye, soddy, seaweed, sheathed, suited, sad, studied, side, steatite, shut out, stated, sextet, see to it, stud, sooth, saudi, scud, sheathe, sight, set, stoat, sekhet, shad, squad, sett, sudate, shaheed, skate, staid, stow, sex act, stewed, scott, sighted, situate, sexist, saw-toothed, sou'-sou'-west, satiated, siesta, scythia, shocked, succeed, shadow, shut away, squatty, soused, sea-coast, shahadah, stowe, suet, scatty, sweat, shout, shoot, sack out, sate, 1st, shouted, sagitta, suggest, seek out, stout, southey, saida, sixty, sadhu, shade, sedated, site, scottie, swath, situated, shagged, socket, settee, sadat, shod, shadowed, shoed, shoat, shi'ite, Saccade, shock-headed, shasta, skid, sweetie, suggested, suidae, statue, stead, Suss Out, sty, seedy, set-to, saxist, sought, south, seat, seth, sita, Sioux City, ski tow, Sq Yd, scute, suicide, sit out, seize with teeth, shed, sext, squeeze out, ski jacket, sth, scot, steadied, seated, saw set, scd, soot, soda, scoot, 21st, stay, segway ht, steady, state, shootout, sextette, scat, shakti, sadhe, Sea god, six-sided, saddhu, sheet, swathe, sotho, sacked, sewed, shot, seed, satiety, seethe, set ahead, sot, sixty-two, swede, soweto, sida, shute, study, scut, skeat, sou'-sou'-east, stow away, Succoth, sauteed, Sayda, 31st, studded, sit, suite, stew, skagit, sea-duty, squat, sexed, suit, swad, skew-eyed, shut, 41st, sou'west, scid, skewed, sack coat, sd, sakti, schist, secede, set out, sade, stay at, suety, sittidae, statuette, saute, stye, sized, skeet, swat, scad, schizoid, suck out, sooty, statewide, sedate, sukkoth, seeded, suttee, sixtieth, sagittate, sou'-west, say hey kid, shaded, sweaty, sea scout, 101st, sated, shuteye, sect, sixth, stowaway, skit, sweet, sash weight, shaggy-coated, sideway, Shote, shutout, sat, saxe-gothea, she-goat, satiate, shittah, society, scythe, sawtooth, sachet, sea chest, sod, sweet tooth, said, sitta, soothe, sou'-east, squid, shiite, steed, sheath, stet, seacoast, seized.
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