Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shadowing

1 sense of shadowing

Sense 1
shadowing, tailing -- (the act of following someone secretly)
       => pursuit, chase, pursual, following -- (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit")

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")