Shadow and Wad

Shadow

Shadow noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt

Wad is an antonym for shadow.

Nearby Words: shade, shady, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing

Wad

Wad noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics

Shadow is an antonym for wad.

How words are described

full full shadow full wad
single single shadow single wad
visible visible shadow visible wad
massive massive shadow massive wad
Other adjectives: large, huge, little, ugly, gigantic, literal, giant, creepy.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Soulless Fetches are composed of a shred of the Changeling's shadow and whatever happens to be lying around; the shadow-shred is described as being, in-universe, a metaphor for a little wad of the Changeling's soul- Fae being what they are, metaphors work just as well as the real thing.
    Source: The Soulless
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