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eclipse - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | eclipse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shadowing of the sun |
| Synonyms: | concealment, decline, diminution, extinction, shroud, veil, darkening, dimming, extinguishment, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, penumbra, shading |
| Main Entry: | eclipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obscure, veil |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, murk, overshadow, shadow, shroud, blot out |
| Antonyms: | clear, explain, lay out |
| Main Entry: | eclipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass achievement |
| Synonyms: | exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, overrun, surmount, transcend, tower above |
| Antonyms: | fall behind |
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, suppress, surround, overspread |
| Antonyms: | uncover, lay bare |
| Main Entry: | cap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo a performance |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, can*, clinch*, complete, cover, crest, crown, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, wrap up*, button down, button up, cob, do to a T, put the lid on, top it off, trump |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | darken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become shaded, unlit |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blacken, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down*, cloud over, cloud up, make dim |
| Antonyms: | brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down, befog |
| Antonyms: | brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
| Synonyms: | departure, desertion, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, loss, melting, passing, recession, removal, wane, withdrawal, ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, disappearing act, dispersal, ebbing, going, receding, retirement, wearing away |
| Antonyms: | appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | exceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior to; surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, distance, eclipse, excel, go by, outdo, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overstep, overtake, pass, surmount, top, transcend, break record, get upper hand, go beyond, have a jump on, have advantage, have it all over, out-distance, outpace, outreach, overtax, rise above, run circles around |
| Antonyms: | fail, be inferior, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | excel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior; surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, outdo, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, shine, surmount, top, transcend, wax*, be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, be talented, go beyond, go to town, improve upon, make it, outrival, show talent, take precedence |
| Antonyms: | fail, be inferior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddle, obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, addle, steam up |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | hide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal; remain unseen |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain*, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, harbor, hold back, hole up*, hush up, mask, obscure, plant, protect, reserve, salt away*, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, stifle, suppress, veil, withhold, blot out, go into hiding, go underground, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, not give away, not tell, put out of the way, squirrel, stash, stow away, take cover, tuck away |
| Antonyms: | bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask, lay bare, let out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, hide |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, con, confuse, cover, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk*, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall*, veil, wrap, befog, cloud the issue, cover up, muddy the waters, overcloud, pettifog, throw up smoke screen |
| Antonyms: | illuminate, loose, reveal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outclass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, dominate, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outperform, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, put to shame, surmount, top, tower, go beyond, go one better, improve upon, outhussle, outmatch, outpace, outplay, outrank, outrival, rise above, win the race |
| Main Entry: | outdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better, overcome |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, bulldoze*, bury*, cook*, cream*, defeat, do in*, down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outmaneuver, outshine, outstrip, shake off*, snow*, surpass, top, transcend, trash*, blow out of water, fake out, go one better, leave behind, outgun, outjockey, outrival, outsmart, pull a fast one, shoot ahead |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outweigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | override, dominate |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, eclipse, exceed, excel, offset, outrun, overcome, overshadow, predominate, prevail, surpass, atone for, cancel out, countervail, make up for, outbalance, outrival, preponderate, set off, take precedence, tip the scales |
| Main Entry: | overshadow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make obscure, dim, vague |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, command, darken, dim, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, govern, haze, obfuscate, outshine, outweigh, overcast, rule, shadow, surpass, veil, leave in the shade, overcloud, overweigh, preponderate, rise above, steal spotlight, take precedence, tower above |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shut out the light |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, blacken, cloud, conceal, cover, darken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gray, hide, mute, obscure, overshadow, protect, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter, tone down, umbrage, veil, be overcast, cast a shadow, cloud over, cloud up, inumbrate |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | surpass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo something or someone |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outperform, outrun, outshine, outstrip, outweigh, override, overshadow, overstep, pass, put to shame, rank*, surmount, top, tower, transcend, go beyond, go one better, improve upon, outgo, outmatch, outpace, outrank, outrival, outstep, tower above, trump* |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, fall behind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transcend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go beyond; surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overstep, top, transform, be superior, go above, leave behind, leave in the dust, outrival, outvie, overtop, rise above |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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