I hardly ever try to find a synonymn in a thesaurus: I think a good writer would rather stroll than perambulate. But it can be fascinating to see connotations laid out so plainly.
Here's a good one, a puzzler for you. What thesaurus entry cross references the following main entries: accompaniment, imagination, pursuit, darkness, cloudiness, copy, dimness.
A hint?
... This entry makes me think that I may be on to something with Plain Kate.
shadow?
Is that it? I turned my brain around it and wouldn't let myself use a dictionary or thesaurus trying to figure it out and didn't, so I'm super-curious to see if pat's the winner of the puzzle.
Yup, Pat is our lucky winner.