Synonyms: shadow
Definition: refuge from danger or observation
Usage: he felt secure in his father's shadow
Similar words: resort, recourse, refuge
Definition: something or someone turned to for assistance or security
Usage: his only recourse was the police; took refuge in lying
Synonyms: apparition, shadow, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, fantasm
Definition: something existing in perception only
Usage: a ghostly apparition at midnight
Synonyms: tincture, trace, shadow, vestige
Definition: an indication that something has been present
Usage: there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim; a tincture of condescension
Similar words: indicant, indication
Definition: something that serves to indicate or suggest
Usage: an indication of foul play; indications of strain; symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
Synonyms: shadow
Definition: a premonition of something adverse
Usage: a shadow over his happiness
Similar words: foreboding, boding, premonition, presentiment
Definition: a feeling of evil to come
Usage: a steadily escalating sense of foreboding; the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Synonyms: shadow, dark, darkness
Definition: an unilluminated area
Usage: he moved off into the darkness
Similar words: scene
Definition: the place where some action occurs
Usage: the police returned to the scene of the crime
Synonyms: shadow
Definition: an inseparable companion
Usage: the poor child was his mother's shadow
Similar words: follower
Definition: someone who travels behind or pursues another
Synonyms: tail, shadow, shadower
Definition: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Similar words: follower
Definition: someone who travels behind or pursues another
Similar words: spy
Definition: a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
Usage: my spies tell me that you had a good time last night
Synonyms: shadow
Definition: a dominating and pervasive presence
Usage: he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father
Similar words: presence
Definition: the state of being present; current existence
Usage: he tested for the presence of radon
Synonyms: shadow
Definition: shade within clear boundaries
Similar words: shade, shadiness, shadowiness
Definition: relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
Usage: it is much cooler in the shade; there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
Synonyms: shadow
Definition: follow, usually without the person's knowledge
Usage: The police are shadowing her
Similar words: follow
Definition: to travel behind, go after, come after
Usage: The ducklings followed their mother around the pond; Please follow the guide through the museum
Synonyms: dwarf, shadow, overshadow
Definition: make appear small by comparison
Usage: This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
Similar words: dominate, overlook, overtop, command
Definition: look down on
Usage: The villa dominates the town
Synonyms: shade, shade off, shadow
Definition: cast a shadow over