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Cloud

/klaʊd/

A rock; boulder; a hill.

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📖 Definitions of "Cloud"

noun

1
A rock; boulder; a hill.
2
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
3
Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
4
Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.

verb

1
To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
"The glass clouds when you breathe on it."
2
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
"The sky is clouded."
3
To make obscure.
"All this talk about human rights is clouding the real issue."
4
To make less acute or perceptive.
"The tears began to well up and cloud my vision."

🔄 Synonyms of "Cloud"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
obscureverb	Difficult to understand; abstruse.
overcastnoun	Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
mistnoun	(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
corruptverb	Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
taintnoun	A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
defilenoun	(transitive) To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
fognoun	(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
dapplenoun	To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.
mottlenoun	To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
befogverb	To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
becloudverb	(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
haze oververb	To become covered in haze.
sullynoun	(transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.

↔️ Antonyms of "Cloud"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
light upverb	(transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
clear upverb	(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.
brightenverb	(transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cloud"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
fognoun	(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
mistnoun	(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
befogverb	To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
haze oververb	To become covered in haze.
becloudverb	(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
dapplenoun	An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
mottlenoun	(countable) A distinguishing blotch of colour.
sullynoun	(rare, obsolete) A blemish.
defilenoun	A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
taintnoun	A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
corruptverb	Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
overcastnoun	Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
obscureverb	Difficult to understand; abstruse.
hazenoun	Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
rainnoun	(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
stormnoun	Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
weathernoun	The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
ashnoun	Solid remains of a fire.
wongnoun	(slang) The penis.
cloudynoun	Covered with or characterised by clouds.