OVERSHADOWING Synonyms

• exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

• far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

• one celestial body obscures another

• be greater in significance than

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• cause to appear in a lower class

• be or do something to a greater degree

• get the better of

• be or do something to a greater degree

• shine brighter than

• attract more attention and praise than others

• be heavier than

• weigh more heavily

• look down on

• of the back half of a stage

• the rear part of the stage

• at or toward the rear of the stage

• remote in manner

• treat snobbishly, put in one's place

• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

• a person who is markedly small

• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

• a plant or animal that is atypically small

• make appear small by comparison

• check the growth of

• one celestial body obscures another

• be greater in significance than

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be in control

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• be greater in significance than

• look down on

• be or do something to a greater degree

• get the better of

• be or do something to a greater degree

• shine brighter than

• attract more attention and praise than others

• be or do something to a greater degree

• go far ahead of

• shade within clear boundaries

• an unilluminated area

• something existing in perception only

• a premonition of something adverse

• an indication that something has been present

• refuge from danger or observation

• a dominating and pervasive presence

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• an inseparable companion

• follow, usually without the person's knowledge

• cast a shadow over

• make appear small by comparison

• distinguish oneself

• be or do something to a greater degree

• move past

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• of the back half of a stage

• the rear part of the stage

• at or toward the rear of the stage

• remote in manner

• treat snobbishly, put in one's place

• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else