cloud

The word “cloud” has 1 syllable: cloud

It's pronounced as /klaʊd/


What is synonym and antonym for cloud?

In the thesaurus, “cloud” has 107 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for cloud along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for cloud

  • addle
  • adumbrate
  • army
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • billow
  • blacken
  • blear
  • blot out
  • blur
  • brume
  • camouflage
  • cloak
  • complicate
  • conceal
  • confuse
  • cover
  • curtain
  • darken
  • darkness
  • dense mass
  • dim
  • dimness
  • disarrange
  • disarray
  • discompose
  • disguise
  • dishevel
  • dislimn
  • disorder
  • disorient
  • disrupt
  • distort
  • distract
  • disturb
  • eclipse
  • entangle
  • envelop
  • film
  • flock
  • fog
  • fogginess
  • frost
  • gloom
  • haze
  • haziness
  • hide
  • horde
  • host
  • impair
  • jumble
  • legion
  • mantle
  • mask
  • midnight
  • mist
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • multitude
  • murk
  • nebula
  • nebulosity
  • night
  • obfuscate
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • obscurity
  • overcast
  • overcloud
  • overshadow
  • pall
  • pea soup
  • penumbra
  • perplex
  • pother
  • puff
  • puzzle
  • rack
  • rout
  • scores
  • scramble
  • screen
  • scud
  • shade
  • shadow
  • sheep
  • shower
  • shroud
  • shuffle
  • smog
  • smoke
  • smother
  • snarl
  • sophisticate
  • steam
  • swarm
  • tangle
  • throng
  • thunderhead
  • tousle
  • umbra
  • upset
  • vapor
  • veil
  • woolpack

Antonyms for cloud

  • analyze
  • break down
  • brighten
  • brightness
  • clarify
  • clear
  • clear up
  • cognizance
  • decipher
  • decode
  • disentangle
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • explicate
  • expose
  • illuminate
  • illumine
  • light
  • lighten
  • open
  • reveal
  • simplify
  • streamline
  • uncover
  • understanding
  • undo
  • unfog
  • unravel
  • unscramble
  • untangle
  • unveil

Meanings of cloud

  • noun
    1. A rock; boulder; a hill.
    2. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
    3. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
    4. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
    5. Anything unsubstantial.
    6. A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
    7. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
    8. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
    9. (with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
    10. A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
    11. Crystal methamphetamine.
    12. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
  • verb
    1. To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
    2. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
    3. To make obscure.
    4. To make less acute or perceptive.
    5. To make gloomy or sullen.
    6. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
    7. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
    8. To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.

Example Sentences

  • A single cloud drifted across the clear blue sky.
  • The storm brought a dark cloud that covered the entire town.
  • His mood was like a passing cloud, shifting from joy to sorrow.
  • She saved her documents in the cloud for easy access.
  • The cloud of dust made it hard to see the road ahead.

On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cloud, such as: addle, adumbrate, analyze, army, becloud, bedim, befog.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

dampen

  • abate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • bathe
  • bedew
  • benumb
  • besprinkle
  • blunt
  • burn out
  • castrate
  • cauterize
  • check
  • chill
  • cloud
  • cool
  • curb
  • dabble
  • damp
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • decrease
  • dehydrate
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • depress
  • desiccate
  • devitalize
  • diminish
  • dip
  • discourage
  • dishearten
  • dismay
  • dispirit
  • do in
  • douse
  • dowse
  • drain
  • drench
  • dull
  • dunk
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • exhaust
  • fatigue
  • flush
  • geld
  • humble
  • humidify
  • immerge
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • inhibit
  • irrigate
  • lave
  • lessen
  • lighten
  • lobotomize
  • lower
  • moderate
  • moisten
  • muffle
  • mute
  • numb
  • petrify
  • recede
  • reduce
  • refresh
  • rehydrate
  • remoisten
  • restrain
  • rinse
  • sap
  • saturate
  • sluice
  • soak
  • souse
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • steep
  • stifle
  • subdue
  • subside
  • undermine
  • wane
  • wash
  • water
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wet

gaggle

  • army
  • array
  • assemblage
  • assembly
  • band
  • batch
  • bevy
  • blowout
  • body
  • brood
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • camp
  • cattle
  • circle
  • clan
  • class
  • clique
  • cloud
  • clump
  • cluster
  • clutch
  • collection
  • colony
  • company
  • compendium
  • concourse
  • confluence
  • conflux
  • congeries
  • congregation
  • convoy
  • coterie
  • covey
  • crew
  • crowd
  • crush
  • deluge
  • drift
  • drove
  • faction
  • flight
  • flock
  • flood
  • gang
  • gathering
  • great unwashed
  • group
  • herd
  • hoi polloi
  • horde
  • host
  • jam
  • kit
  • legion
  • litter
  • lot
  • mass
  • masses
  • meet
  • mob
  • multitude
  • muster
  • nest
  • organization
  • outfit
  • pack
  • party
  • people
  • plump
  • pod
  • populace
  • posse
  • press
  • progeny
  • push
  • rabble
  • rank and file
  • rat pack
  • rout
  • school
  • score
  • scores
  • sect
  • sellout
  • series
  • set
  • skein
  • stream
  • surge
  • swarm
  • throng
  • troupe
  • tumult

obfuscate

  • baffle
  • becloud
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • bewilder
  • blur
  • cloud
  • complicate
  • conceal
  • confound
  • confuse
  • darken
  • disarrange
  • disarray
  • discompose
  • dishevel
  • disorder
  • disrupt
  • disturb
  • entangle
  • fog
  • fuddle
  • jumble
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • obscure
  • perplex
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • scramble
  • shuffle
  • snarl
  • sophisticate
  • tangle
  • tousle
  • upset

darken

  • abase
  • adumbrate
  • anger
  • bastardize
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • befog
  • begrime
  • besmear
  • besmirch
  • black out
  • blacken
  • blear
  • blemish
  • blot out
  • blur
  • bristle
  • brood
  • camouflage
  • cheapen
  • cloak
  • close in
  • cloud
  • cloud over
  • cloud up
  • color
  • conceal
  • corrupt
  • cover
  • curtain
  • debase
  • debauch
  • deepen
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • dim
  • dirty
  • discolor
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • disguise
  • dishonor
  • dislimn
  • distort
  • dusk
  • eclipse
  • fade
  • fog
  • foul
  • frown
  • fume
  • glare
  • gloom
  • glower
  • gray
  • haze
  • hide
  • intimidate
  • lour
  • lower
  • make dim
  • mar
  • mask
  • menace
  • mist
  • mope
  • murk
  • obfuscate
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • overcast
  • overcloud
  • overshadow
  • pervert
  • pet
  • poison
  • pollute
  • pout
  • rage
  • scowl
  • screen
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shame
  • shroud
  • sink
  • smear
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • smut
  • soil
  • spoil
  • stain
  • stare
  • steam
  • storm
  • subvert
  • sulk
  • sully
  • taint
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • threaten
  • tone down
  • touch
  • twist
  • veil
  • vitiate
  • wane

darkness


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