Synonyms for adumbration
Most common
shading shadowing foreshadowing prefiguration shadow shade hint prefigurement
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- n. 2
A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
Related words
- Word family
- adumbrate adumbrative
Forms
- Plural
- adumbrations → shadings, shadowings, prefigurations, foreshadowings…
Example sentences
- shading Mary stood with her hand shading her eyes.
- foreshadowing William enjoyed the author's use of foreshadowing in chapter five.
- shadow There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
- shade The thin man took a rest in the shade of a shrine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adumbration | falling | |
| shading | steady | |
| shadowing | rising | |
| foreshadowing | rising | |
| prefiguration | rising | |
| shadow | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- type1, hint1
- 5 letters
- shade1
- 6 letters
- shadow2
- 7 letters
- shading2
- 9 letters
- shadowing3
- 13 letters
- foreshadowing4, prefiguration, prefigurement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shadow2 = 2 syllables).