Definition for Obscuration:

• The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.

Synonyms for Obscuration:

• n.

  •concealment (noun)
  • front,
  • red herring,
  • camouflage,
  • fig leaf,
  • dissimulation,
  • disguise,
  • hideaway,
  • cover,
  • hide-outs,
  • cover-up,
  • hide out,
  • secretion,
  • occultations,
  • coverup,
  • blind,
  • Laundromats,
  • smoke screen,
  • occultation,
  • laundromat,
  • privacy,
  • veil,
  • obliteration,
  • hide-out,
  • covering,
  • wraps,
  • beard,
  • mask,
  • curtain,
  • cover up,
  • obscurations.
  •dimness (noun)
  • shade.
  •eclipse (noun)
  • diminution,
  • Dimming,
  • shroud,
  • extinction,
  • decline,
  • Extinguishment,
  • shading,
  • darkening.
  •film (noun)
  • cloud,
  • nebula,
  • fold,
  • gauzes,
  • leaf,
  • layer,
  • fabric,
  • gauze,
  • Brume,
  • scum,
  • fabrics,
  • skin,
  • partition,
  • pellicle,
  • foil,
  • haze,
  • opacity,
  • transparency,
  • mistiness,
  • membrane,
  • blur,
  • coat,
  • web,
  • haziness,
  • integument,
  • sheet,
  • Dusting.
  •shade (noun)
  • gloominess,
  • semi-darkness,
  • blackness,
  • shadows,
  • obscurity,
  • coolness,
  • umbrage,
  • dusk,
  • darkness,
  • shadiness,
  • Umbrae,
  • umbra,
  • semidarkness,
  • adumbration,
  • screen,
  • umbras.
  •shadow (noun)
  • dimness,
  • protection,
  • shelter,
  • dark,
  • gloom.

• Other synonyms:

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  • shadow.

Paraphrases for Obscuration:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cloak, concealment.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mask.

Antonyms for Obscuration:

• n.

  • concealment
    disclosure, showing, telling, exposition, divulgence, revelation.
  • eclipse
    increase.
  • shade
    lightness, brightness, gap, light.
  • shadow
    information.

Obscuration Sentence Examples:

• Above the trouble of that morning, and of the future which was charged with it to the blackness of complete obscuration, her warrant of affection was like a lifting sunbeam of hope.

• As Captain Poke and myself, notwithstanding our having taken different stands in politics, still continued to live together, I had better opportunities to note the workings of the obscuration on the ingenuous mind of my colleague than on that of most other persons.