The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ECLIPSE , but the solution may also be UPSTAGE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Overshadow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ECLIPSE | 33 % | 7 |
| DWARF | 19 % | 5 |
| UPSTAGE | 19 % | 7 |
| BLEAR | 10 % | 5 |
| DOMINATE | 10 % | 8 |
| BEFOG | 5 % | 5 |
| OUTWEIGH | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overshadow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dwarf
- shadow
- eclipse
- shade
- darken
- obfuscate
- blur
- obscure
- distract
- subtract
- detract
- conceal
Crossword Answer definitions
ECLIPSE noun- An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall
- Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ECLIPSE
- Outshine
- Put to shame
- Darkness at noon?
- "Total" solar event
- Intervention, of a sort
- Moonlight blockage
- Lunar or solar event
- It may leave you in the dark
- Celestial event
- High-level cover-up?
More clues leading to the result DWARF
- Sleepy, for one
- Rise above, big time
- Overshadow, big-time
- Star on the small side
- Sneezy or Doc
- Happy, e.g.
- In a miniature form
- Star such as ours
- Tower over
- Bashful, e.g.
More clues leading to the result UPSTAGE
- Steal the show from
- Swipe the spotlight
- Overshadow
- Take the limelight from
- Steal the spotlight from
- Outdo in performance
- Snobbish.
- Haughtily aloof: Colloq.
- Haughtily aloof.
- Conceited: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result BLEAR
- Overshadow
- Teary-eyed
- Get tearily dim
- Vision problem
- Hamper, as vision
- Make fuzzy
- Indistinct
- Cloudiness
- Dim
- Make indistinct
More clues leading to the result DOMINATE
- Control
- Overshadow
- Exercise control over
- Reign over
- Exercise control.
- Tower over.
- Control.
- Tower over (other things).
- Rule by superior power.
- Rule.