Synonyms for cloud

Synonyms for (noun) cloud

Synonyms: cloud, swarm

Definition: a group of many things in the air or on the ground

Usage: a swarm of insects obscured the light; clouds of blossoms; it discharged a cloud of spores

Similar words: group, grouping

Definition: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

Similar words: atmospheric phenomenon

Definition: a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

Similar words: physical phenomenon

Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: out of touch with reality

Usage: his head was in the clouds

Similar words: unreality, irreality

Definition: the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: suspicion affecting your reputation

Usage: after that mistake he was under a cloud

Similar words: suspicion

Definition: the state of being suspected

Usage: he tried to shield me from suspicion


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: a cause of worry or gloom or trouble

Usage: the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French

Similar words: gloom, gloominess, glumness

Definition: an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

Usage: gloom pervaded the office


Synonyms for (verb) cloud

Synonyms: cloud

Definition: make milky or dull

Usage: The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added

Similar words: dull

Definition: make less lively or vigorous

Usage: Middle age dulled her appetite for travel


Synonyms: dapple, mottle, cloud

Definition: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Similar words: spot

Definition: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition

Usage: spot the areas that one should clearly identify


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: make less clear

Usage: the stroke clouded memories of her youth

Similar words: alter, change, modify

Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue


Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint, cloud

Definition: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

Usage: sully someone's reputation

Similar words: deflower, impair, vitiate, mar, spoil

Definition: make imperfect

Usage: nothing marred her beauty


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: make gloomy or depressed

Usage: Their faces were clouded with sadness

Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress

Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd


Synonyms: cloud

Definition: billow up in the form of a cloud

Usage: The smoke clouded above the houses

Similar words: billow, wallow

Definition: rise up as if in waves

Usage: smoke billowed up into the sky


Synonyms: obnubilate, obscure, mist, befog, becloud, cloud, fog, haze over

Definition: make less visible or unclear

Usage: The stars are obscured by the clouds; the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley

Similar words: hide, conceal

Definition: prevent from being seen or discovered

Usage: Muslim women hide their faces; hide the money


Synonyms: cloud, overcast

Definition: make overcast or cloudy

Usage: Fall weather often overcasts our beaches

Similar words: darken

Definition: make dark or darker

Usage: darken a room


Visual thesaurus for cloud