Synonyms for shadowy
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Shady — dark, obscure
shady, dark, dim, murky, shadowed, obscure, gloomy, dusky, indistinct, vague, wispy, faint, shaded, cloudy, umbrageous, swaly, hazy, dingy, somber US, sombre UK, fuzzy, muddy, undefined
2. Ghostly
ghostly, unreal, imaginary, insubstantial, illusory, spectral, chimerical, visionary, impalpable, wraithlike, dreamy, phantasmal, unsubstantial dated
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Dark, obscure.
He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
- adj. 2
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
He sat in a shadowy corner.
Related words
- Word family
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That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- shady You try to find something shady in whatever I say.
- murky Stefan dived and disappeared into the murky water.
- shadowed The detective shadowed the suspect for four blocks.
- dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
- imaginary Sami said his imaginary friend didn't have a face.
- ghostly Tobias doesn't believe in ghostly hitchhikers.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- dark1, hazy2
- 5 letters
- vague1, faint1, shady2, fuzzy2, muddy2, murky2, dusky, dingy2, wispy2, swaly
- 6 letters
- unreal2, cloudy2, gloomy2, shaded2, dreamy2, somber2, sombre
- 7 letters
- obscure2, ghostly2
- 8 letters
- spectral2, shadowed2, illusory4
- 9 letters
- imaginary5, visionary4, undefined3, shapeless2
- 10 letters
- indistinct3, chimerical4, impalpable, phantasmal, umbrageous, wraithlike
- 13 letters
- insubstantial4, unsubstantial
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).