- Types Of Speech
- You can use shadow as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Shadow
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters a, d, h, o, s, and w, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ad. Shadow starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, sha, shad, shado, and the ending characters are w, ow, dow, adow, hadow, ..
- Definition
- Refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father''s shadow"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Shadow is set as a grade three word that starts with s, ends with w, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is shadow a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Shadow in Pig Latin is said as "adowshay or adowshway".
- Unigram
- s | h | a | d | o | w
- Bigram
- sh | ha | ad | do | ow
- Trigram
- sha | had | ado | dow
- Quadrigram
- shad | hado | adow
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- refuge from danger or observation;
"he felt secure in his father's shadow" - something existing in perception only;
"a ghostly apparition at midnight" - an indication that something has been present;
"there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim";
"a tincture of condescension" - a premonition of something adverse;
"a shadow over his happiness" - an unilluminated area;
"he moved off into the darkness" - an inseparable companion;
"the poor child was his mother's shadow" - a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- a dominating and pervasive presence;
"he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father" - shade within clear boundaries
- Verb Examples
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge;
"The police are shadowing her" - make appear small by comparison;
"This year's debt dwarves that of last year" - cast a shadow over
Synonym | Definition |
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AB | the muscles of the abdomen |
Abstruseness | the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand |
Adherent | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
Adumbrate | give to understand "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" |
Adumbration | a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation |
Aeroplane | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" |
Afterglow | the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event "he basked in the afterglow of his victory" |
Afterimage | an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
Aftersensation | an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased |
Air | travel via aircraft "air travel involves too much waiting in airports" "if you''ve time to spare go by air" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Shadow
Anagram | Definition |
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Shadow | refuge from danger or observation "he felt secure in his father''s shadow" |
View English words with the unique letters used in shadow. Words With The Letters Adhosw
Word | Definition |
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Recourse | act of turning to for assistance "have recourse to the courts" "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" |
Refuge | act of turning to for assistance "have recourse to the courts" "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" |
Resort | act of turning to for assistance "have recourse to the courts" "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" |
Name | Male | Female |
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Shadow | Yes | Yes |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Shadow (6 letters) | 13 | 12 | shadow | ||
Shadowy (7 letters) | 17 +4 | 15 +3 | shadowy | ||
Shadows (7 letters) | 14 +1 | 13 +1 | shadows |
Shadow Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With W
- Spelled With / Contains Letters