Shade
Trace
Trace noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: doctors detected only a trace of bacteria in the blood sample but put the patient on antibiotics just in case
Shade is a synonym for trace in amount topic. You can use "Shade" instead a noun "Trace", if it concerns topics such as big, evidence, slight trace. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular shade | particular trace |
| original | original shade | original trace |
| single | single shade | single trace |
| real | real shade | real trace |
| Other adjectives: little, slight, unique. | ||
Common collocations
| ancestry | shade ancestry | trace ancestry |
Both words in one sentence
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A primitive and weirdly non-magical example: In King of Braves GaoGaiGar, when the titular Humongous Mecha uses his "Protect Shade" power to defend himself, the averted lasers/energy bolts trace out a pentacle-shaped path in the air in front of him rather than being directly reflected.
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Trace and Shade. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/shade/trace
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Trace or Shade. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/shade/trace.
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