umbra

The word “umbra” has 2 syllables: um-bra

It's pronounced as /ˈʌm.brə/


What is synonym and antonym for umbra?

In the thesaurus, “umbra” has 73 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for umbra

  • adumbration
  • apparition
  • black
  • blackness
  • blackout
  • body
  • bogey
  • brownout
  • candlelight
  • character
  • cloudiness
  • coolness
  • cover
  • creature
  • dark
  • darkness
  • dimness
  • dimout
  • dullness
  • dulness
  • dusk
  • duskiness
  • eidolon
  • faintness
  • fogginess
  • ghost
  • gloaming
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • grayness
  • half-light
  • haunt
  • haziness
  • human being
  • individual
  • living soul
  • man
  • manes
  • midnight
  • mistiness
  • mortal
  • murk
  • murkiness
  • night
  • obscuration
  • obscurity
  • paleness
  • penumbra
  • person
  • personage
  • phantasm
  • phantom
  • poltergeist
  • protection
  • revenant
  • screen
  • semidarkness
  • shade
  • shadiness
  • shadow
  • shadows
  • shelter
  • somberness
  • soul
  • specter
  • spirit
  • spook
  • supernatural being
  • twilight
  • umbrage
  • vision
  • woman
  • wraith

Antonyms for umbra

Meanings of umbra

  • noun
    1. The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
    2. The central region of a sunspot.
    3. A shadow.
    4. An uninvited guest brought along by one who was invited.
    5. One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
    6. A sciaenoid fish, the umbrine.

Example Sentences

  • The moon cast a shadow, and within the umbra, darkness prevailed.
  • As the solar eclipse unfolded, spectators marveled at the beauty of the moon's umbra.
  • In the quiet forest, the creature moved silently through the umbra of the trees.
  • The artist skillfully captured the play of light and umbra in the mysterious painting.
  • As the sun dipped below the horizon, the city fell under the cool embrace of the night's umbra.

On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to umbra, such as: abstract, adumbration, apparition, being, black, blackness, blackout.

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

Related Words

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balk

  • adversity
  • arrest
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  • obstacle
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  • turn down
  • upset the apple cart

balks

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • averts
  • baffles
  • barriers
  • bars
  • beats
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
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  • brakes
  • brick walls
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  • fetters
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  • hardships
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  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
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  • impedes
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  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
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  • lets
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  • negates
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  • perils
  • precludes
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  • reefs
  • reins
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  • rubs
  • sets back
  • shackles
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  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling blocks
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels

bar

  • acme
  • adversity
  • alehouse
  • apart from
  • apex
  • arbor
  • arrest
  • aside from
  • attorneys
  • average
  • balk
  • ban
  • band
  • banish
  • bank
  • barometer
  • barrelhouse
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • barring
  • barristers
  • barroom
  • batten
  • beam
  • beer garden
  • bench
  • benchmark
  • beside
  • besides
  • billet
  • bistro
  • bit
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • blank wall
  • blaze
  • block
  • blockade
  • blockage
  • bloom
  • board
  • bolt
  • boom
  • bottle club
  • boycott
  • brake
  • brewpub
  • brick wall
  • bridle
  • burden
  • but
  • cabaret
  • cafe
  • canteen
  • cantina
  • case
  • catch
  • caulk
  • cease
  • chain
  • check
  • check off
  • circumvent
  • clog
  • close
  • close out
  • cocktail lounge
  • condemn
  • constraint
  • counsel
  • counselors
  • court
  • court of law
  • court-martial
  • courtroom
  • cramp
  • criminal court
  • crimp
  • criterion
  • crossbar
  • crossbeam
  • crosspiece
  • crush
  • cumber
  • curb
  • dam
  • danger
  • deadbolt
  • debar
  • delay
  • deny
  • deport
  • deprive
  • deter
  • deterrent
  • difficulty
  • dike
  • disadvantage
  • disallow
  • discontinue
  • discountenance
  • discourage
  • disregard
  • dissuade
  • dive
  • dock
  • drag
  • dramshop
  • drawback
  • drift
  • drinkery
  • drumhead court-martial
  • eliminate
  • embankment
  • embargo
  • embarrassment
  • encumbrance
  • enjoin
  • example
  • except
  • except for
  • excepting
  • exclude
  • excluding
  • exclusive of
  • excommunicate
  • exile
  • expel
  • fasten
  • fence
  • fetter
  • forbid
  • forum
  • freeze out
  • frustrate
  • gate
  • gin mill
  • girder
  • gold standard
  • grade
  • grogshop
  • guard
  • halt
  • handicap
  • hardship
  • hazard
  • heap
  • hedge
  • high court
  • hill
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hitch
  • hobble
  • holdback
  • holdup
  • hurdle
  • impede
  • impediment
  • ingot
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • inn
  • inquisition
  • instance
  • interdict
  • interfere
  • interference
  • jam
  • joint
  • judgment
  • judicatory
  • judicature
  • judiciary
  • jurists
  • kangaroo court
  • keep out
  • latch
  • law
  • law court
  • law practice
  • lawyers
  • legal profession
  • let
  • lever
  • limit
  • load
  • lock
  • lounge
  • manacle
  • mark
  • mass
  • measure
  • meridian
  • metric
  • mound
  • mountain
  • nightclub
  • norm
  • obstacle
  • obstruct
  • obstruction
  • obviate
  • ostracize
  • other than
  • oust
  • outlaw
  • outside
  • outside of
  • override
  • package store
  • pale
  • paling
  • par
  • peak
  • peril
  • pig
  • pinnacle
  • pinstripe
  • plug
  • pole
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • prohibit
  • proscribe
  • pub
  • public house
  • put down
  • quash
  • quell
  • rail
  • railing
  • rathskeller
  • reef
  • refuse
  • rein
  • reject
  • repress
  • repudiate
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • rib
  • road block
  • roadhouse
  • rod
  • rub
  • rule
  • rule out
  • saloon
  • sandbar
  • save
  • saving
  • seal
  • secure
  • segregate
  • shackles
  • shaft
  • shut out
  • silence
  • slab
  • snag
  • snowbank
  • snowdrift
  • solicitors
  • spar
  • speakeasy
  • spoke
  • sports bar
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stack
  • stake
  • stall
  • standard
  • stave off
  • stick
  • stone wall
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • streak
  • strip
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • stumbling block
  • subdue
  • summit
  • suppress
  • supreme court
  • suspend
  • tap
  • taproom
  • tavern
  • throw out
  • touchstone
  • trammel
  • traverse
  • tribunal
  • tuft
  • veto
  • wall
  • watering hole
  • watering place
  • wineshop
  • yardstick
  • zenith

call

  • abandon
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • account
  • address
  • adjudication
  • adumbrate
  • ahoy
  • alarm
  • alert
  • all hail
  • amass
  • announce
  • annul
  • anticipate
  • appeal
  • appeal to
  • appoint
  • approximate
  • arouse
  • ask
  • assemble
  • augur
  • awaken
  • award
  • baptize
  • bark
  • bawl
  • bay
  • bear market
  • beckon
  • beep
  • behest
  • belief
  • believe
  • bellow
  • bid
  • bidding
  • birthright
  • blast
  • blat
  • bleat
  • bleep
  • bode
  • brand
  • bray
  • break off
  • bull market
  • buzz
  • cackle
  • calculate
  • call for
  • call in
  • call off
  • call out
  • call up
  • callback
  • calling
  • cancel
  • caterwaul
  • caution
  • caw
  • challenge
  • charge
  • cheep
  • chirp
  • choice
  • christen
  • cite
  • claim
  • clepe
  • cluck
  • code-name
  • cold call
  • cold-call
  • collect
  • come by
  • come over
  • command
  • commandment
  • conceive
  • conclude
  • conclusion
  • conference call
  • conjecture
  • consensus
  • consider
  • contact
  • convene
  • conviction
  • convoke
  • coo
  • count
  • countermand
  • crake
  • crash
  • croak
  • crow
  • cry
  • cry off
  • cry out
  • decision
  • declare
  • decree
  • deduce
  • deem
  • deliverance
  • demand
  • denominate
  • denote
  • describe as
  • designate
  • determination
  • diagnosis
  • dial
  • dibs
  • dictate
  • direct
  • directive
  • discontinue
  • disposition
  • divine
  • doom
  • drop
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop-in
  • dub
  • edict
  • elect
  • end
  • entitle
  • entreat
  • esteem
  • estimate
  • exact
  • examination
  • exclaim
  • excuse
  • exploration
  • extrapolate
  • eye
  • fall by
  • fall down
  • fancy
  • favor
  • feel
  • feeling
  • figure
  • finding
  • forbode
  • forebode
  • forecast
  • foreknow
  • foresee
  • foretell
  • forewarn
  • frequent
  • gage
  • gather
  • gauge
  • get back to
  • get-together
  • give up
  • grounds
  • group
  • grunt
  • guess
  • hail
  • hallo
  • halloo
  • halt
  • haunt
  • herald
  • hit
  • hold
  • hold back
  • holler
  • hollo
  • honk
  • hoot
  • howl
  • imagine
  • infer
  • inquest
  • inquiry
  • inquisition
  • instruction
  • interrogating
  • interrogation
  • interrogatory
  • interrupt
  • invalidate
  • investigation
  • invitation
  • invite
  • invoke
  • judge
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • justification
  • knell
  • label
  • last word
  • look in on
  • look up
  • low
  • make
  • make rough guess
  • mandate
  • market
  • meeting
  • meow
  • message
  • mew
  • miaow
  • mind
  • miscall
  • misname
  • mistitle
  • moo
  • muster
  • name
  • necessity
  • neigh
  • nickname
  • nominate
  • note
  • notice
  • notion
  • nullify
  • obligation
  • occasion
  • oink
  • opinion
  • option
  • ordain
  • order
  • page
  • peep
  • persuasion
  • petition
  • phone
  • place
  • play
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  • poll
  • pop in
  • portend
  • postulate
  • pray to
  • predict
  • prerogative
  • presage
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretension
  • privilege
  • probe
  • probing
  • proclaim
  • prognosticate
  • promise
  • prophesy
  • proposal
  • put
  • quack
  • query
  • question
  • questioning
  • questionnaire
  • rally
  • rate
  • read
  • reason
  • reassemble
  • recall
  • recant
  • rechristen
  • reckon
  • reconvene
  • refusal
  • regard
  • relabel
  • relinquish
  • rename
  • rendezvous
  • repeal
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • rescind
  • research
  • resolution
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • right
  • ring
  • ring up
  • roar
  • roll back
  • round up
  • rouse
  • ruling
  • run in
  • run-in
  • say-so
  • scrap
  • scream
  • screech
  • scrub
  • see
  • selection
  • send for
  • sense
  • sentence
  • sentiment
  • set apart
  • set down
  • shout
  • shriek
  • shrill
  • signal
  • sing
  • solicit
  • solicitation
  • song
  • sound off
  • speak out
  • speak up
  • specify
  • squall
  • squawk
  • squeak
  • squeal
  • step in
  • stigmatize
  • stop
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • stopover
  • study
  • style
  • subpoena
  • summon
  • summons
  • supplication
  • suppose
  • surname
  • surrender
  • survey
  • suspend
  • swing by
  • tag
  • take back
  • take for
  • telephone
  • term
  • terminate
  • think
  • thunder
  • title
  • toll call
  • trumpet
  • tryst
  • tu-whit tu-whoo
  • tweet
  • twitter
  • ululate
  • understand
  • urge
  • vaticinate
  • verdict
  • view
  • visit
  • visitation
  • vociferate
  • voice mail
  • void
  • wail
  • waken
  • warble
  • warn
  • whinny
  • whistle
  • whoop
  • withdraw
  • word
  • write off
  • yap
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yip
  • yoo-hoo
  • yowl

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