Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shadow
3 senses of shadow
Sense 1
shadow -- (follow, usually without the person's knowledge; "The police are shadowing her")
=> follow -- (to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum")
Sense 2
shadow, shade, shade off -- (cast a shadow over)
=> darken -- (make dark or darker; "darken a room")
Sense 3
shadow, overshadow, dwarf -- (make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year")
=> dominate, command, overlook, overtop -- (look down on; "The villa dominates the town")
Antonyms of adj shadowed
1 sense of shadowed
Sense 1
shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous -- (filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands")
INDIRECT (VIA shaded) -> unshaded -- (not darkened or dimmed by shade; "an unshaded meadow"; "a bright and unshaded lane")
Similarity of adj shadowed
1 sense of shadowed
Sense 1
shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous -- (filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands")
=> shaded (vs. unshaded) -- (protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope)