obscure

The word “obscure” has 2 syllables: ob-scure

It's pronounced as /əbˈskjʊər/


What is synonym and antonym for obscure?

In the thesaurus, “obscure” has 274 synonyms and 155 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obscure along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obscure

Antonyms for obscure

  • ablaze
  • accessible
  • advertise
  • agleam
  • aglitter
  • air
  • alight
  • apparent
  • appreciable
  • bare
  • beaming
  • beamy
  • blatant
  • bright
  • brighten
  • brightened
  • brilliant
  • bring out
  • broadcast
  • celebrated
  • certain
  • clarify
  • clear
  • clear up
  • common
  • comprehensible
  • defined
  • definite
  • determined
  • direct
  • disclose
  • display
  • distinct
  • distinguished
  • divulge
  • effulgent
  • eminent
  • estimable
  • evident
  • exact
  • exceptional
  • explain
  • explicit
  • expose
  • exposed
  • fabled
  • fabulous
  • famed
  • familiar
  • famous
  • fathomable
  • favorite
  • firm
  • floodlighted
  • floodlit
  • get out
  • glaring
  • glossy
  • glowing
  • great
  • highlighted
  • honorable
  • illuminate
  • illuminated
  • illumine
  • illumined
  • illustrious
  • important
  • incandescent
  • infamous
  • influential
  • intelligible
  • knowable
  • known
  • lambent
  • lay out
  • leading
  • legendary
  • legible
  • light
  • lighted
  • lighten
  • lightsome
  • lit
  • loose
  • lucent
  • lucid
  • luminous
  • lustrous
  • major
  • moonlit
  • moony
  • near
  • nearby
  • newsworthy
  • nonambiguous
  • notable
  • noted
  • noteworthy
  • notorious
  • obvious
  • open
  • outstanding
  • palpable
  • patent
  • pellucid
  • perceptible
  • plain
  • popular
  • preferred
  • present
  • prestigious
  • proclaim
  • prominent
  • public
  • publicize
  • publish
  • radiant
  • relucent
  • remarkable
  • renowned
  • reputable
  • respectable
  • resplendent
  • reveal
  • revealed
  • self-evident
  • self-explanatory
  • shining
  • shiny
  • show
  • significant
  • sparkling
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • spread
  • starlit
  • straightforward
  • strong
  • sunlit
  • sure
  • tangible
  • ultrabright
  • unambiguous
  • uncloak
  • uncover
  • understandable
  • understood
  • unequivocal
  • unmask
  • unmistakable
  • unmysterious
  • unveil
  • visible
  • well-known

Meanings of obscure

  • verb
    1. To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
    2. To hide, put out of sight etc.
    3. To conceal oneself; to hide.
  • adjective
    1. Dark, faint or indistinct.
    2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
    3. Difficult to understand.
    4. Not well-known.
    5. Unknown or uncertain; unclear.

Example Sentences

  • She enjoys reading novels that explore the lives of obscure historical figures.
  • The artist's latest exhibition features abstract paintings inspired by obscure landscapes.
  • The documentary sheds light on obscure cultures that are often overlooked in mainstream media.
  • The ancient manuscript contains obscure symbols that have yet to be deciphered by historians.
  • Despite his talent, he remains relatively obscure in the world of contemporary art.

On this page you'll find 429 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obscure, such as: Delphic, ablaze, abstruse, accessible, adumbrate, advertise, agleam.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abjectly

  • apologetically
  • bashfully
  • cap in hand
  • civilly
  • courteously
  • deferentially
  • diffidently
  • dutifully
  • fawningly
  • fearfully
  • grovelingly
  • hat in hand
  • humbly
  • ingloriously
  • ingratiatingly
  • lowly
  • meanly
  • meekly
  • modestly
  • mousily
  • obediently
  • obscurely
  • obsequiously
  • politely
  • poorly
  • respectfully
  • self-deprecatingly
  • servilely
  • sheepishly
  • shyly
  • simply
  • slavishly
  • submissively
  • subserviently
  • suppliantly
  • sycophantically
  • timidly
  • timorously

abstruse

  • Greek to me
  • abstract
  • academic
  • academical
  • ambiguous
  • arcane
  • baffling
  • bewildering
  • clear as dishwater
  • complex
  • complicated
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • cryptic
  • darkling
  • deep
  • disorienting
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • erudite
  • esoteric
  • hard
  • heavy
  • hermetic
  • hermetical
  • hidden
  • impenetrable
  • incomprehensible
  • inscrutable
  • intricate
  • involved
  • learned
  • muddy
  • mysterious
  • mystic
  • mystical
  • mystifying
  • obscure
  • orphic
  • pedantic
  • perplexing
  • profound
  • puzzling
  • recondite
  • scholarly
  • subtle
  • unanswerable
  • uncanny
  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • unknowable
  • vague

caked

  • addled
  • bemired
  • besmeared
  • bespattered
  • blurred
  • boggy
  • calcified
  • cemented
  • clabbered
  • close
  • clotted
  • coagulated
  • coated
  • compact
  • compressed
  • concrete
  • condensed
  • confused
  • congealed
  • conglomerated
  • consolidated
  • covered
  • crowded
  • crusted
  • curdled
  • daubed
  • deep
  • dingy
  • dirty
  • dried
  • dull
  • encrusted
  • filthy
  • firm
  • fixed
  • flat
  • foul
  • fuzzy
  • gelatinous
  • gloomy
  • gloppy
  • gooey
  • greasy
  • grimy
  • grubby
  • gummous
  • gummy
  • gunky
  • hardened
  • hazy
  • heavy
  • impenetrable
  • impervious
  • impure
  • incrusted
  • indistinct
  • indurate
  • jelled
  • jellied
  • marshy
  • miry
  • monolithic
  • mucky
  • obscure
  • opaque
  • ossified
  • petrified
  • poured
  • precast
  • rimed
  • roily
  • ropy
  • set
  • set in stone
  • sloppy
  • slushy
  • smeared
  • smoky
  • sodden
  • soggy
  • soiled
  • solid
  • solidified
  • spread
  • steeled
  • stiff
  • strong
  • subfuse
  • swampy
  • syrupy
  • thickened
  • turbid
  • unclean
  • unclear
  • unyielding
  • viscid
  • viscous
  • vitrified

caliginous

camouflage

  • act
  • affect
  • assume
  • beard
  • becloud
  • befog
  • blanket
  • blind
  • blot out
  • cloak
  • coloring
  • conceal
  • concealment
  • cosmetic
  • cosmeticize
  • costume
  • costumery
  • counterfeit
  • cover
  • cover up
  • coverup
  • curtain
  • deceit
  • deceive
  • deceptive marking
  • dim
  • disguise
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • domino
  • dress
  • dress up
  • enshroud
  • fake
  • faking
  • false appearance
  • feign
  • front
  • getup
  • gild
  • guise
  • hide
  • impersonate
  • makeup
  • mask
  • masking
  • masquerade
  • mimicry
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • occult
  • outfit
  • paint
  • plain brown wrapper
  • play
  • pose
  • pretend
  • protective coloring
  • put up a smokescreen
  • red herring
  • rig
  • screen
  • shade
  • sham
  • shroud
  • simulate
  • smokescreen
  • throw on makeup
  • varnish
  • veil
  • visor
  • vizard
  • vizor
  • whitewash

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