Definition of cloud

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• cloud is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• cloud is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• cloud is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of cloud

• make overcast or cloudy (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. overcast
• a group of many things in the air or on the ground (noun)

  Examples

  1. clouds of blossoms
  2. it discharged a cloud of spores

  Synonyms

  1. swarm
• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. corrupt
  2. defile
  3. sully
  4. taint
• make less visible or unclear (verb)

  Examples

  1. The stars are obscured by the clouds

  Synonyms

  1. becloud
  2. befog
  3. fog
  4. haze over
  5. mist
  6. obnubilate
  7. obscure
• colour with streaks or blotches of different shades (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dapple
  2. mottle
• a cause of worry or gloom or trouble (noun)

  Examples

  1. the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French
• any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible (noun)
• a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (noun)
• billow up in the form of a cloud (verb)

  Examples

  1. The smoke clouded above the houses
• make gloomy or depressed (verb)

  Examples

  1. Their faces were clouded with sadness
• make less clear (verb)

  Examples

  1. the stroke clouded memories of her youth
• make milky or dull (verb)

  Examples

  1. The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added
• out of touch with reality (noun)

  Examples

  1. his head was in the clouds
• suspicion affecting your reputation (noun)

  Examples

  1. after that mistake he was under a cloud

See definition of cloud in Merriam Webster