shadow show

1. 1.

   a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall

   Synonymsgalanty showshadow play

   Broadershow

Questions about shadow show

What does shadow show mean?

shadow show means "a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall".

What is another word for shadow show?

Close synonyms include galanty show, shadow play. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shadow show a common word?

shadow show is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.