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obfuscates - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | obfuscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | baffle, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, cloud, complicate, conceal, confound, darken, fog, muddle, obscure, perplex, puzzle, rattle, fuddle |
| Main Entry: | black out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
| Synonyms: | batten, conceal, cut off, darken, eclipse, eradicate, erase, extinguish, faint, hold back, keel over, obfuscate, pass out, quash, rub out, shade, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, suppress, swoon, cover up, cross out, delete; cover, go out like a light, make dark, zonk out |
| Antonyms: | add, uncover, pencil in |
| Main Entry: | camouflage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, cover |
| Synonyms: | beard*, becloud, cloak, conceal, deceive, dim, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, veil, befog, cover up, throw on makeup |
| Antonyms: | reveal, show, uncover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become foggy or obscured |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil, befog |
| Antonyms: | clear, unveil, unfog |
| Main Entry: | darken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become shaded, unlit |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blacken, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down*, cloud over, cloud up, make dim |
| Antonyms: | brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down, befog |
| Antonyms: | brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge*, garble, hide, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on an act*, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, whitewash*, cover up, doctor up, gloss over, make like, put on a false front, put on a front, put up a front, wear cheaters |
| Antonyms: | expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddle, obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, addle, steam up |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, hide |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, con, confuse, cover, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk*, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall*, veil, wrap, befog, cloud the issue, cover up, muddy the waters, overcloud, pettifog, throw up smoke screen |
| Antonyms: | illuminate, loose, reveal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overshadow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make obscure, dim, vague |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, command, darken, dim, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, govern, haze, obfuscate, outshine, outweigh, overcast, rule, shadow, surpass, veil, leave in the shade, overcloud, overweigh, preponderate, rise above, steal spotlight, take precedence, tower above |
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