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Overshadow

/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/

To obscure something by casting a shadow.

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📖 Definitions of "Overshadow"

verb

1
To obscure something by casting a shadow.
2
To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
3
To shelter or protect.

🔄 Synonyms of "Overshadow"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
eclipsenoun	(astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
dwarfnoun	(now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
shadownoun	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overshadow"

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

Word	Definition
dwarfverb	(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
shadowverb	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
eclipseverb	(transitive, figurative) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
shadeverb	(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
darkenverb	(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
obfuscateverb	To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
blurverb	To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
obscureverb	Difficult to understand; abstruse.
distractverb	(transitive) To divert the attention of.
subtractverb	(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
detractverb	(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
concealverb	(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
withholdverb	(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
forgetverb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
disguiseverb	(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
hideverb	(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
overrideverb	(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
befogverb	To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
outweighverb	(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
dampenverb	(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.