overshadow
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be greater in significance than
the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
Types & categories
- bulk large hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make appear small by comparison
This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
Types & categories
- overtop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
cast a shadow upon
The tall tree overshadowed the house
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bulk large |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | overtop |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fog |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | occult |