All eclipse synonyms
e·clipse
E e verb eclipse
- dim — DIM statement
- overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outdo — to surpass in execution or performance: The cook outdid himself last night.
- overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- transcend — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- bedim — to make dim or obscure
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- adumbrate — to outline; give a faint indication of
- shroud — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- murk — darkness; gloom: the murk of a foggy night.
- becloud — to cover or obscure with a cloud
- shadow — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- cloud — A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
- surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- surpass — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
noun eclipse
- concealment — Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something.
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- dimming — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
- obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
- occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- shading — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- self-extinguishing — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.