Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
obscured - 20 thesaurus results
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
Main Entry: obscured
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ulterior
Synonyms: ambiguous, buried, concealed, cover, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, under wraps*, undisclosed, unexpressed, unsaid, shrouded, under cover, undivulged
Main Entry: concealed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hidden, secret
Synonyms: camouflaged, covered, covert, guarded, hush-hush*, incognito, inconspicuous, masked, obscure, planted, privy, recondite, ulterior, under wraps*, unseen, veiled, buried, cached, covered up, enshrouded, holed up, hushed up, incog, obscured, on the Q. T., perdu, put in the hole, screened, secreted, shrouded, stashed, tucked away
Antonyms: bare, clear, exposed, obvious, open, plain, shown, uncovered, disclosed, revealed, told
Main Entry: covert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clandestine, underhanded
Synonyms: camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, disguised, furtive, hidden, hush-hush*, incognito, masked, private, privy, secret, stealthy, sub rosa, surreptitious, ulterior, under wraps*, undercover, underhand, unsuspected, veiled, QT, buried, dissembled, incog, obscured, shrouded, under-the-table
Notes: covert (concealed, covered, hidden) is the opposite of overt (apparent, open to view, plain, public)
Antonyms: aboveboard, candid, frank, honest, open, overt, public, unconcealed
Main Entry: invisible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unable to be seen; hidden
Synonyms: concealed, covert, deceptive, disguised, ethereal, gaseous, ghostly, ideal, impalpable, imperceptible, inconspicuous, indiscernible, infinitesimal, insensible, intangible, masked, microscopic, obliterated, occult, out of sight, supernatural, ulterior, undisclosed, unreal, unseen, vaporous, veiled, imponderable, inappreciable, not in sight, obscured, perdu, screened, unapparent, ungraspable, unnoticeable, unobservable, unperceivable, unseeable, unviewable, wraithlike
Antonyms: obvious, visible, detectable, seen
Main Entry: ulterior
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret; pertaining to a hidden goal
Synonyms: ambiguous, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, under wraps*, undisclosed, unexpressed, unsaid, buried, obscured, shrouded, under cover, undivulged
Antonyms: known, overt, public, expressed
Main Entry: dim
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: darkish
Synonyms: blah, bleary, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, flat, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, ill-defined, indistinct, lackluster, mat, monotonous, murky, opaque, overcast, pale, shadowy, tenebrous, unclear, vague, weak, blurred, caliginous, lightless, monotone, muted, obscured, poorly lit, sullied, tarnished, unilluminated
Antonyms: bright, brilliant, clear, distinct, light
Main Entry: lost
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: missing, off-track
Synonyms: absent, adrift, astray, disoriented, down the drain*, forfeit, gone, hidden, invisible, irrevocable, lacking, minus, mislaid, misplaced, missed, off-course, strayed, vanished, wandering, wayward, without, at sea, cast away, disappeared, fallen between cracks, forfeited, gone astray, irrecoverable, irretrievable, kiss goodbye, nowhere to be found, obscured, out the window, unredeemed
Antonyms: found, successful, winning, accomplishing
Main Entry: privy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret
Synonyms: concealed, confidential, covert, hidden, hush-hush*, off the record*, personal, private, separate, ulterior, buried, obscured, shrouded
Antonyms: known, public, revealed
Main Entry: confused
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: mixed up, disordered
Synonyms: chaotic, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, involved, jumbled, messy, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, out of order, snafu*, topsy-turvy, unsettled, untidy, anarchic, blurred, disarranged, in a muddle, in disarray, miscalculated, obscured, snarled
Antonyms: methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic
Main Entry: blind
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hidden or covered
Synonyms: closed, concealed, dark, dim, disguised, impassable, secluded, blocked, closed at one end, dead-end, leading nowhere, obscured, obstructed, unmarked, without egress, without exit
Antonyms: open, uncovered, revealed
Main Entry: blanket
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cover
Synonyms: bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, suppress, surround, overspread
Antonyms: uncover, lay bare
Main Entry: block out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: try to forget
Synonyms: close, conceal, cover, hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut out, shut off
Antonyms: recall, remember
Main Entry: blur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cloud, fog
Synonyms: becloud, bedim, blear, blind, darken, daze, dazzle, dim, glare, mask, muddy, obscure, shade, soften, befog, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague
Antonyms: clear, uncloud, unsmudge
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
Main Entry: cloak
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disguise
Synonyms: blanket, camouflage, coat, conceal, cover, curtain, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obscure, pretext, screen, shroud, veil
Antonyms: reveal, uncover, uncloak
Main Entry: cloud
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse
Synonyms: becloud, befuddle, distort, distract, impair, muddle, muddy, obscure, perplex, puzzle, addle, disorient
Antonyms: clear up, explain, explicate
Main Entry: complicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confuse, make difficult
Synonyms: bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up*, handicap, impede, interweave, involve, jumble, mix up, muddle, multiply, obscure, perplex, ravel, screw up*, snafu*, snag, tangle, twist, upset, add fuel to fire, infold, interfuse, interrelate, make intricate, make waves, muck up*, open can of worms, render unintelligible, snarl up
Antonyms: disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, untangle, make simple
Main Entry: conceal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hide, disguise
Synonyms: beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up*, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stow, veil, wrap, cover up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, put in a hole, stash, stay out of sight, tuck away
Antonyms: disclose, divulge, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, lay bare, let out
Main Entry: confuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bewilder someone
Synonyms: abash, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, involve, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, shame, stump, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry, addle, disorient, fuddle, lead astray, render uncertain, stir up, throw off balance
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain
Search another word or see obscured on Dictionary | Reference