overshadow
4 synonyms for overshadow, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To fall across something and hide it from the light.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English overschadwen, overschadewe, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- plus shadow. Compare West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic ???????????? (ufarskadwjan, “to over...
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