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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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