What is another word for obscure?
2078 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɒbskjˈʊ͡ə], [ ɒbskjˈʊə], [ ɒ_b_s_k_j_ˈʊə]
The word "obscure" is often used to refer to something that is unclear, unfamiliar, or difficult to understand. Some synonyms for "obscure" include ambiguous, vague, mysterious, arcane, and enigmatic. These words convey a sense of opacity or difficulty in understanding, and can be used to describe anything from a complex mathematical formula to a cryptic message. Other synonyms for "obscure" include obscure, difficult, hard, puzzling, and perplexing. These words suggest that the subject matter is challenging or impenetrable, requiring a great deal of effort or expertise to comprehend. When used in the context of literature or art, "obscure" can refer to something that is intentionally ambiguous, allusive, or difficult to interpret.
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Similar words for obscure:
- complex (adjective)
- concealed (adjective)
- conditional (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- deceptive (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- difficult (adjective)
- dim (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- equivocal (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- inarticulate (adjective)
- incognito (adjective)
- incomprehensible (adjective)
- inconspicuous (adjective)
- inexplicable (adjective)
- insoluble (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- lowly (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- nameless (adjective)
- oblique (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- occult (adjective)
- opaque (adjective)
- out of focus (adjective)
- problematical (adjective)
- remote (adjective)
- secluded (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- ulterior (adjective)
- undetected (adjective)
- unfathomable (adjective)
- unknown (adjective)
- unseen (adjective)
- abstruse (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ambiguous (adjective)
- cloudy (adjective)
- cloudy, shadowy (adjective)
- common (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- dingy (adjective)
- distant (adjective)
- doubtful (adjective)
- dubious (adjective)
- dusky (adjective)
- enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- faint (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- formless (adjective)
- fuzzy (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- hazy (adjective)
- hidden (adjective)
- illegible (adjective)
- impenetrable (adjective)
- implausible (adjective)
- indefinite (adjective)
- indefinite, vague (adjective)
- indirect (adjective)
- indiscernible (adjective)
- inexplicit (adjective)
- intricate (adjective)
- lackluster (adjective)
- lonely (adjective)
- loose (adjective)
- muddy (adjective)
- muffled (adjective)
- mysterious (adjective)
- mystifying (adjective)
- not easily understood (adjective)
- obscured (adjective)
- oracular (adjective)
- out of the way (adjective)
- out-of-the-way, little-known (adjective)
- provisory (adjective)
- puzzling (adjective)
- questionable (adjective)
- removed (adjective)
- shadowy (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- subtle (adjective)
- supernatural (adjective)
- superphysical (adjective)
- supersensible (adjective)
- transcendent (adjective)
- transcendent/transcendental (adjective)
- turbid (adjective)
- unapt (adjective)
- unclear (adjective)
- uncomprehensible (adjective)
- unconceivable (adjective)
- unconspicuous (adjective)
- undefined (adjective)
- undiscovered (adjective)
- undistinct (adjective)
- unexplainable (adjective)
- unexposed (adjective)
- unfamiliar (adjective)
- unnoticeable (adjective)
- unwashed (adjective)
- vague (adjective)
- benight (noun)
- blot out (noun)
- dishonorable (noun)
- easy (noun)
- eminent (noun)
- fog (noun)
- haze over (noun)
- isolated (noun)
- obscure (noun)
- obvious (noun)
- adumbrate (verb)
- becloud (verb)
- bedim (verb)
- blacken (verb)
- blanket (verb)
- blur (verb)
- camouflage (verb)
- cloak (verb)
- cloud (verb)
- cognition (verb)
- complicate (verb)
- conceal (verb)
- conceal, hide (verb)
- confuse (verb)
- cover (verb)
- disguise (verb)
- envelop (verb)
- extinguish (verb)
- garble (verb)
- hide (verb)
- mask (verb)
- mist (verb)
- obfuscate (verb)
- obliterate (verb)
- obstruct (verb)
- puzzle (verb)
- reveal (verb)
- screen (verb)
- shade (verb)
- shadow (verb)
- abstruse
- arcane
- becloud
- bedim
- blear
- block out
- blurry
- cloud
- complicate
- conceal
- confuse
- contradictory
- cover
- darken
- destroy
- enigmatic
- exalted
- illegible
- imperceptible
- indefinite
- indirect
- indistinct
- inestimable
- mysterious
- obliterate
- preternatural
- puzzling
- screen
- shade
- stash
- suppressed
- unobtrusive
- unreadable
- vague
- vivid
- other relevant words (adjective)
Synonyms for Obscure:
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adj.
• complex- complicated ,
- convoluted ,
- inter-woven ,
- involved ,
- mazy ,
- perplexing ,
- puzzling ,
- round-about ,
- knotted ,
- meandering ,
- tangled .
- Perdu ,
- Shrouded ,
- covered up ,
- put in the hole ,
- tucked away ,
- Incog ,
- Secreted ,
- enshrouded ,
- under wraps .
- Codicillary ,
- not absolute ,
- with grain of salt ,
- with strings attached ,
- granted on certain terms ,
- iffy ,
- limited ,
- provisional ,
- restrictive ,
- with reservations .
- Atramentous ,
- aphotic ,
- black ,
- caliginous ,
- cimmerian ,
- crepuscular ,
- darkened ,
- dense ,
- dim ,
- dismal ,
- dreary ,
- dun ,
- gloomy ,
- ill-lighted ,
- inky ,
- lightless ,
- murky ,
- not known ,
- pitch dark ,
- pitch-dark ,
- rayless ,
- shady ,
- silhouetted ,
- somber ,
- sooty ,
- stygian ,
- swarthy ,
- umbrageous ,
- unlighted ,
- unlit ,
- drab ,
- obfuscous ,
- pitch black .
- under assumed name ,
- unrecognized ,
- more masquerading ,
- more unrecognized ,
- most masquerading ,
- most unrecognized ,
- un recognized ,
- un-recognized .
- beats me ,
- beyond comprehension ,
- beyond one's grasp ,
- fathomless ,
- impenetrable ,
- over head ,
- uncomprehensible .
- Innominate ,
- Undesignated ,
- unacknowledged ,
- uncelebrated ,
- unfamed ,
- unheard of ,
- unnoted ,
- whatchamacallit ,
- untitled .
- in conclusive ,
- in determinate ,
- in-conclusive ,
- in-determinate ,
- more multivocal ,
- more polysemous ,
- most multivocal ,
- most polysemous ,
- multi vocal ,
- multi-vocal .
- emulsified ,
- in distinct ,
- in-distinct ,
- mis tier ,
- mis-tier ,
- more blurred ,
- more emulsified ,
- more nontranslucent ,
- more nontransparent ,
- more nubilous ,
- most blurred ,
- most emulsified ,
- most nontranslucent ,
- most nontransparent ,
- most nubilous ,
- mucky ,
- mushy ,
- non translucent ,
- non transparent ,
- non-translucent ,
- nontransparent .
- everyday ,
- habitual ,
- more comformable ,
- more frequent ,
- more prevalent ,
- more unvaried ,
- more workaday ,
- most comformable ,
- most worn out ,
- pre-vailing ,
- prevailing ,
- stereo-typed ,
- stocker ,
- trivial .
- de touring ,
- de-touring ,
- flexuous ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more confounding ,
- more detouring ,
- more digressing ,
- more digressory ,
- more twisting ,
- most confounding ,
- most detouring ,
- most digressing ,
- most digressory ,
- most twisting .
- brokendown ,
- dis colored ,
- dis-colored ,
- more bedimmed ,
- more darkish ,
- more discolored ,
- more smirched ,
- more sullied ,
- more tarnished ,
- most bedimmed ,
- most darkish ,
- most discolored ,
- most smirched ,
- most sullied ,
- most tarnished .
- arm length ,
- arms length ,
- far flung ,
- farflung ,
- faroff ,
- in accessible ,
- in background ,
- in boonies ,
- in distance ,
- in sticks ,
- in the boonies ,
- in-accessible ,
- middle nowhere ,
- more apart ,
- more asunder ,
- more away ,
- more sequestered ,
- more telescopic ,
- more yonder ,
- most apart ,
- most asunder ,
- most away ,
- most sequestered ,
- most telescopic ,
- most ways ,
- most yonder ,
- out earshot ,
- out lying ,
- out of range ,
- out range ,
- out reach ,
- out-lying ,
- re tired ,
- re-tired ,
- retired ,
- un approachable ,
- un-approachable ,
- unapproachable .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- dubitable ,
- far fetched ,
- impugnable ,
- in decisive ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more doubtable ,
- more impugnable ,
- more unconfirmed ,
- most doubtable ,
- most impugnable ,
- most unconfirmed ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- un confirmed ,
- un decided ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un settled ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un sure ,
- un-confirmed ,
- un-decided ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy ,
- un-settled ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-sure ,
- unconfirmed ,
- uneasy .
- dark complexioned ,
- darkcomplexioned ,
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- funereal ,
- more adusk ,
- more dark complexioned ,
- more dark-complexioned ,
- more darkcomplexioned ,
- more twilight ,
- more twilit ,
- more unilluminated ,
- most adusk ,
- most brunette ,
- most dark complexioned ,
- most dark-complexioned ,
- most darkcomplexioned ,
- most twilight ,
- most twilit ,
- most unilluminated ,
- swart ,
- swarter ,
- swartest ,
- un illuminated ,
- un-illuminated .
- in decipherable ,
- in-decipherable ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more stickling ,
- more stumping ,
- most enigmatic ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most stickling ,
- most stumping ,
- teasing .
- fainter ,
- ill defined ,
- illdefined ,
- in audible ,
- in-audible ,
- low pitched ,
- lowpitched ,
- more aside ,
- more bated ,
- more bleached ,
- more deadened ,
- more faltering ,
- more murmuring ,
- more muttering ,
- more piano ,
- more stifled ,
- most aside ,
- most bated ,
- most bleached ,
- most deadened ,
- most faltering ,
- most murmuring ,
- most muttering ,
- most piano ,
- most stifled ,
- soothing .
- fine spun ,
- more fine spun ,
- more fine-spun ,
- more hairline ,
- more hairsplitting ,
- more unpolluted ,
- most fine spun ,
- most fine-spun ,
- most hairline ,
- most hairsplitting ,
- most unpolluted ,
- re fined ,
- trifling ,
- un adulterated ,
- un polluted ,
- un-adulterated ,
- un-polluted .
- blobbier ,
- blobbiest ,
- in choate ,
- in coherent ,
- in-choate ,
- in-coherent ,
- more orderless ,
- most orderless ,
- un formed ,
- un organized ,
- un-formed ,
- un-organized .
- Tranced ,
- fumier ,
- fumiest ,
- more bleared ,
- more fuliginous ,
- more obfuscated ,
- more tranced ,
- most bleared ,
- most fuliginous ,
- most obfuscated ,
- most tranced ,
- rimier ,
- rimiest ,
- rimy ,
- steaming ,
- stuporous ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- Imperceivable ,
- in dark ,
- in visible ,
- in-visible ,
- more eclipsed ,
- more hermetical ,
- more imperceivable ,
- more unrevealed ,
- most eclipsed ,
- most hermetical ,
- most imperceivable ,
- most unrevealed ,
- out view ,
- un disclosed ,
- un known ,
- un revealed ,
- un-disclosed ,
- un-known ,
- un-revealed ,
- under cover ,
- under-cover ,
- under-ground ,
- with held ,
- with-held ,
- withheld .
- in cognizable ,
- in-cognizable ,
- more incognizable ,
- more ungraspable ,
- more unknowable ,
- most incognizable ,
- most ungraspable ,
- most unknowable ,
- un accountable ,
- un graspable ,
- un knowable ,
- un-accountable ,
- un-graspable ,
- un-knowable .
- for birds ,
- full holes ,
- full of holes ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- incredible ,
- re achier ,
- re achiest ,
- re achy ,
- re-achier ,
- re-achiest ,
- re-achy ,
- reachier ,
- reachiest ,
- un believable ,
- un convincing ,
- un reasonable ,
- un substantial ,
- un-believable ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-substantial ,
- wont hold water ,
- wont wash .
- in definite ,
- in determinable ,
- in exact ,
- in exhaustible ,
- in finite ,
- in numerable ,
- in tangible ,
- in-definite ,
- in-determinable ,
- in-exact ,
- in-exhaustible ,
- in-finite ,
- in-numerable ,
- in-tangible ,
- inexact ,
- innumerable ,
- more imprecise ,
- more indeterminable ,
- more unfixed ,
- more unspecific ,
- most imprecise ,
- most indeterminable ,
- most unfixed ,
- most unspecific ,
- un dependable ,
- un fixed ,
- un specific ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-limited ,
- un-specific .
- implied ,
- in direct ,
- in-direct ,
- long drawn out ,
- long winded ,
- more circumlocutory ,
- more sidelong ,
- more snaking ,
- more vagrant ,
- most circumlocutory ,
- most sidelong ,
- most snaking ,
- most vagrant ,
- under hand ,
- under-hand .
- can worms ,
- hightech ,
- more daedal ,
- more high tech ,
- more high-tech ,
- more hightech ,
- most daedal ,
- most high tech ,
- most high-tech ,
- most hightech .
- draggier ,
- draggiest ,
- laidback ,
- more ho hum ,
- more ho-hum ,
- more hohum ,
- more lusterless ,
- more nothing ,
- more pabulum ,
- more zero ,
- most ho hum ,
- most ho-hum ,
- most hohum ,
- most lusterless ,
- most nothing ,
- most pabulum ,
- most zero ,
- sombrer ,
- sombrest ,
- un imaginative ,
- un inspired ,
- un-imaginative ,
- un-inspired .
- be mired ,
- be spattered ,
- be-mired ,
- be-spattered ,
- gunkier ,
- gunkiest ,
- more bemired ,
- more bespattered ,
- more caked ,
- more subfuse ,
- most bemired ,
- most bespattered ,
- most caked ,
- most subfuse ,
- sodden ,
- soiled ,
- sub fuse ,
- sub-fuse ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest .
- magical ,
- more alchemistic ,
- more astrological ,
- more necromantic ,
- most alchemistic ,
- most astrological ,
- most necromantic ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-natural .
- blind ,
- cabalistic ,
- close ,
- covered ,
- far ,
- far-off ,
- inaccessible ,
- inconspicuous ,
- inglorious ,
- invisible ,
- irrelevant ,
- minor ,
- rare ,
- reticent ,
- secretive ,
- seldom seen ,
- sequestered ,
- undisclosed ,
- undistinguished ,
- unhonored ,
- unimportant ,
- unknown ,
- unsung .
- hard believe ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- more controvertible ,
- more unproven ,
- most controvertible ,
- most unproven ,
- open doubt ,
- un proven ,
- un reliable ,
- un-proven ,
- un-reliable .
- more depressive ,
- more dragged ,
- more hurting ,
- more sourpuss ,
- most depressive ,
- most dragged ,
- most sourpuss ,
- nononsense .
- fairier ,
- fairiest ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more phantom ,
- more supermundane ,
- more superordinary ,
- more supranatural ,
- most phantom ,
- most supermundane ,
- most superordinary ,
- most supranatural ,
- para normal ,
- para-normal ,
- super human ,
- super mundane ,
- super natural ,
- super ordinary ,
- super-human ,
- super-mundane ,
- super-natural ,
- super-ordinary ,
- superhuman ,
- supra natural ,
- supra-natural ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual .
- extra mundane ,
- extra sensory ,
- extra-mundane ,
- extra-sensory ,
- more extrasensory ,
- most extrasensory ,
- super physical ,
- super-physical .
- in comparable ,
- in tact ,
- in-comparable ,
- in-tact ,
- more exceeding ,
- more surpassing ,
- more transcendent ,
- more transcendental ,
- more transcending ,
- more unequalable ,
- more unequalled ,
- more unrivalled ,
- most exceeding ,
- most surpassing ,
- most transcending ,
- most unequalable ,
- most unequalled ,
- most unrivalled ,
- pre eminent ,
- second none ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- sur-passing ,
- un equalled ,
- un paralleled ,
- un rivalled ,
- un-equalled ,
- un-paralleled ,
- un-rivalled .
- un apter ,
- un aptest ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un-apter ,
- un-aptest ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likely .
- Having ,
- lowkey ,
- lowprofile ,
- more having ,
- more low profile ,
- more low-profile ,
- more lowprofile ,
- more soft pedalled ,
- more soft-pedalled ,
- more softpedalled ,
- more unemphatic ,
- most having ,
- most low profile ,
- most low-profile ,
- most lowprofile ,
- most soft pedalled ,
- most soft-pedalled ,
- most softpedalled ,
- most unemphatic ,
- un conspicuous ,
- un emphatic ,
- un ostentatious ,
- un-conspicuous ,
- un-emphatic ,
- un-ostentatious .
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n.
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- see .
-
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- knowledge .
- blot .
- fog .
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v.
• adumbrate- fore tell ,
- fore tells ,
- fore told ,
- fore-tell ,
- fore-tells ,
- fore-told ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining .
- over cast ,
- over casting ,
- over casts ,
- over laid ,
- over lay ,
- over laying ,
- over lays ,
- over spreading ,
- over spreads ,
- over-cast ,
- over-casting ,
- over-casts ,
- over-laid ,
- over-lay ,
- over-laying ,
- over-lays ,
- over-spread ,
- over-spreading ,
- over-spreads ,
- overcasts ,
- sur rounded ,
- sur rounding ,
- sur-rounded ,
- sur-rounding .
- be fog ,
- be fogged ,
- be fogging ,
- be fogs ,
- be-fog ,
- be-fogged ,
- be-fogging ,
- be-fogs ,
- made hazy ,
- made indistinct ,
- made vague ,
- makes hazy ,
- makes indistinct ,
- makes vague ,
- making hazy ,
- making indistinct ,
- making vague .
- dis simulate ,
- dis simulated ,
- dis simulates ,
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulate ,
- dis-simulated ,
- dis-simulates ,
- dis-simulating ,
- threw makeup ,
- threw on makeup ,
- throw makeup ,
- throwing makeup ,
- throwing on makeup ,
- throws makeup ,
- throws on makeup .
- be fuddle ,
- be fuddled ,
- be fuddles ,
- be fuddling ,
- be-fuddle ,
- be-fuddled ,
- be-fuddles ,
- be-fuddling ,
- dis orient ,
- dis oriented ,
- dis orienting ,
- dis orients ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis tract ,
- dis tracts ,
- dis-orient ,
- dis-oriented ,
- dis-orienting ,
- dis-orients ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- dis-tract ,
- dis-tracts .
- adds fuel fire ,
- adds fuel to fire ,
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- de range ,
- de ranged ,
- de ranges ,
- de ranging ,
- de-range ,
- de-ranged ,
- de-ranges ,
- de-ranging ,
- dis arrange ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arranges ,
- dis arranging ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis-arrange ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arranges ,
- dis-arranging ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders ,
- in folded ,
- in folding ,
- in folds ,
- in-fold ,
- in-folded ,
- in-folding ,
- in-folds ,
- inter fuse ,
- inter fused ,
- inter fuses ,
- inter fusing ,
- inter relate ,
- inter related ,
- inter relates ,
- inter relating ,
- inter weave ,
- inter weaved ,
- inter weaves ,
- inter weaving ,
- inter wove ,
- inter-fuse ,
- inter-fused ,
- inter-fuses ,
- inter-fusing ,
- inter-relates ,
- inter-weave ,
- inter-weaved ,
- inter-weaves ,
- inter-weaving ,
- inter-wove ,
- interfuses ,
- made intricate ,
- made waves ,
- makes intricate ,
- making intricate ,
- making waves ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- multi plying ,
- multi-plied ,
- multi-plying ,
- open can worms ,
- opened can of worms ,
- opened can worms ,
- opening can of worms ,
- opening can worms ,
- opens can of worms ,
- opens can worms ,
- rendered unintelligible ,
- rendering unintelligible ,
- renders unintelligible ,
- snafuing ,
- snarling up ,
- snarls up ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- belie ,
- cloud the issue ,
- con ,
- double-talk ,
- equivocate ,
- falsify ,
- fuzz ,
- gloom ,
- gray ,
- haze ,
- misrepresent ,
- muddy the waters ,
- murk ,
- overshadow ,
- pettifog ,
- shroud ,
- stonewall ,
- throw up smoke screen ,
- wrap .
- boarded up ,
- boarding up ,
- boards up ,
- bushed up ,
- bushes up ,
- bushing up ,
- did on sly ,
- did on the sly ,
- did sly ,
- did the sly ,
- didst on sly ,
- didst on the sly ,
- didst sly ,
- didst the sly ,
- do on sly ,
- do sly ,
- do the sly ,
- does on sly ,
- does on the sly ,
- does sly ,
- does the sly ,
- doest on sly ,
- doest on the sly ,
- doest sly ,
- doest the sly ,
- doeth on sly ,
- doeth on the sly ,
- doeth sly ,
- doeth the sly ,
- doing on sly ,
- doing on the sly ,
- doing sly ,
- doing the sly ,
- dost on sly ,
- dost on the sly ,
- dost sly ,
- dost the sly ,
- doth on sly ,
- doth on the sly ,
- doth sly ,
- doth the sly ,
- in vest ,
- in vested ,
- in vesting ,
- in vests ,
- in-vest ,
- in-vested ,
- in-vesting ,
- in-vests ,
- sets on ,
- setting on ,
- super impose ,
- super imposed ,
- super imposes ,
- super imposing ,
- super pose ,
- super posed ,
- super posing ,
- super-impose ,
- super-imposes ,
- super-imposing ,
- super-pose ,
- super-posed ,
- super-posing ,
- sur face ,
- sur faced ,
- sur faces ,
- sur facing ,
- sur-face ,
- sur-faced ,
- sur-faces ,
- sur-facing .
- be lied ,
- be lying ,
- be-lied ,
- be-lying ,
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- dis guise ,
- dis guised ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- doctored up ,
- doctoring up ,
- doctors up ,
- glosses over ,
- glossing over ,
- made like ,
- makes like ,
- making like ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tend ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- put a false front ,
- put a front ,
- put act ,
- put an act ,
- put false front ,
- put front ,
- put on front ,
- put up front ,
- puts a false front ,
- puts a front ,
- puts false front ,
- puts front ,
- puts on a false front ,
- puts on a front ,
- puts on false front ,
- puts on front ,
- puts up a front ,
- puts up front ,
- putting a false front ,
- putting a front ,
- putting false front ,
- putting front ,
- putting on a false front ,
- putting on a front ,
- putting on false front ,
- putting on front ,
- putting up a front ,
- putting up front ,
- re did ,
- re does ,
- re doing ,
- re done ,
- re-did ,
- re-does ,
- re-doing ,
- re-done ,
- wearing cheaters ,
- wears cheaters ,
- wore cheaters .
- blots out ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- puts lid on ,
- puts the lid on ,
- putting lid on ,
- putting the lid on ,
- re move ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving .
- mis interpret ,
- mis interpreted ,
- mis interpreting ,
- mis interprets ,
- mis quote ,
- mis quoted ,
- mis quotes ,
- mis quoting ,
- mis state ,
- mis stated ,
- mis states ,
- mis stating ,
- mis-interpret ,
- mis-interpreted ,
- mis-interpreting ,
- mis-interprets ,
- mis-quote ,
- mis-quoted ,
- mis-quotes ,
- mis-quoting ,
- mis-state ,
- mis-stated ,
- mis-states ,
- mis-stating .
- go in to hiding ,
- goes in to hiding ,
- goes into hiding ,
- goes underground ,
- going in to hiding ,
- going into hiding ,
- going underground ,
- keeping from ,
- keeps from ,
- kept from ,
- not give awayed ,
- not give awaying ,
- not give aways ,
- not telling ,
- not tells ,
- put out of way ,
- put out the way ,
- put out way ,
- puts out of the way ,
- puts out of way ,
- puts out the way ,
- puts out way ,
- putting out of the way ,
- putting out of way ,
- putting out the way ,
- putting out way ,
- re serve ,
- re served ,
- re serving ,
- re-serve ,
- re-served ,
- re-serves ,
- re-serving ,
- stowed away ,
- stowing away ,
- stows away ,
- takes cover ,
- took cover ,
- went in to hiding ,
- went into hiding ,
- went underground ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- KOD ,
- blue penciled ,
- blue penciling ,
- blue pencilled ,
- blue pencilling ,
- blue pencils ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- finishes off ,
- finishing off ,
- ko'd ,
- ko'ing ,
- koing ,
- marked out ,
- marks out ,
- nixed ,
- rooted out ,
- roots out ,
- rubs off ,
- shooting down ,
- shoots down ,
- takes apart ,
- wipe face earth ,
- wipe face of earth ,
- wipe off face earth ,
- wiped face earth ,
- wiped face of earth ,
- wiped off face earth ,
- wiped off face of earth ,
- wipes face earth ,
- wipes face of earth ,
- wipes off face earth ,
- wipes off face of earth ,
- wiping face earth ,
- wiping face of earth ,
- wiping off face earth ,
- wiping off face of earth ,
- x outed ,
- x outing ,
- x outs ,
- x-outed ,
- x-outing ,
- x-outs ,
- xout ,
- xouted ,
- xouting ,
- xouts .
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat in the way ,
- gat in way ,
- gat the way ,
- gat way ,
- get in way ,
- get the way ,
- get way ,
- gets in the way ,
- gets in way ,
- gets the way ,
- gets way ,
- getting in the way ,
- getting in way ,
- getting the way ,
- getting way ,
- got in the way ,
- got in way ,
- got the way ,
- got way ,
- gotten in the way ,
- gotten in way ,
- gotten the way ,
- gotten way ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- monkeyed with ,
- monkeying with ,
- monkeys with ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down .
Other synonyms:
- block .
- cache ,
- crabbed ,
- define ,
- defy ,
- dull ,
- elliptical ,
- finely ,
- general ,
- important ,
- incalculable ,
- insular ,
- obscurity ,
- out-of-the-way ,
- outlying ,
- palm ,
- private ,
- sharpen ,
- unaccounted-for ,
- unheard-of ,
- unheralded ,
- unsolved .
- black out ,
- deepen ,
- harbor ,
- hiding ,
- new ,
- remote ,
- removed ,
- secluded ,
- thick ,
- tuck away ,
- undeclared ,
- unmarked .
- submerge .
- personal .
- plant .
- duck .
Other relevant words:
- Befogging ,
- Buffaloes ,
- Curtaining ,
- Fronting ,
- Girdled ,
- Mizzling ,
- Muddying ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Stoppering ,
- Suppressing ,
- adumbrate ,
- antiqued ,
- antiquing ,
- bedim ,
- befog ,
- befogged ,
- befogs ,
- blear ,
- blinded ,
- blinding ,
- block out ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- blur ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- camouflage ,
- cloak ,
- complicate ,
- conceal ,
- confuse ,
- cover ,
- cover up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- darken ,
- disguise ,
- doctor up ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- engulf ,
- envelop ,
- enwrap ,
- extinguish ,
- garble ,
- get in the way ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting to ,
- gloss over ,
- glossed over ,
- go into hiding ,
- go underground ,
- got to ,
- hang up ,
- hide ,
- keep from ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- make hazy ,
- make indistinct ,
- make like ,
- make vague ,
- mask ,
- masked ,
- misinterpret ,
- misquote ,
- misquotes ,
- misstate ,
- mist ,
- mizzle ,
- mizzles ,
- monkey with ,
- muddied ,
- muddies ,
- not give away ,
- not tell ,
- not told ,
- obfuscate ,
- obstruct ,
- occlude ,
- over spread ,
- overcast ,
- overcasting ,
- overcloud ,
- overclouding ,
- overclouds ,
- overspread ,
- overspreading ,
- overspreads ,
- pretexted ,
- profundicate ,
- psych out ,
- psyched out ,
- put lid on ,
- put on a false front ,
- put on a front ,
- put on act ,
- put on false front ,
- put out of the way ,
- put the lid on ,
- put up a front ,
- puzzle ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- screen ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- shadowed ,
- sheathe ,
- shut in ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- stoppered ,
- stow away ,
- suppress ,
- take cover ,
- taking cover ,
- tamper with ,
- tampered with ,
- tampering with ,
- tampers with ,
- throw on makeup ,
- varnish ,
- veil ,
- wear cheaters ,
- whitewashed .
- Interfuse ,
- embroiled ,
- in fold ,
- inter-relate ,
- inter-related ,
- inter-relating ,
- interfused ,
- interfusing ,
- interrelate ,
- interrelated ,
- interrelates ,
- interrelating ,
- make intricate ,
- make waves ,
- makes waves ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- open can of worms ,
- render unintelligible ,
- snafued ,
- snarl up ,
- snarled up ,
- up set .
- Slank ,
- becloud ,
- ensconce ,
- hole up ,
- keep dark ,
- keep secret ,
- kept secret ,
- lay low ,
- lie low ,
- lying low ,
- masquerade ,
- put in a hole ,
- slinks ,
- snuck ,
- stay out of sight .
- Fuddling ,
- cloud ,
- fuddle ,
- fuddled ,
- fuddles ,
- lead astray ,
- leading astray ,
- led astray ,
- misinformed ,
- mystified ,
- mystify ,
- perturb ,
- render uncertain ,
- stir up ,
- stirred up ,
- stirring up ,
- stirs up ,
- throw off balance ,
- throws off balance .
- Canopying ,
- Hooded ,
- Hooding ,
- Housed ,
- Layering ,
- Mantling ,
- Superposed ,
- Superposing ,
- blanket ,
- board up ,
- bush up ,
- canopied ,
- carpeted ,
- carpeting ,
- do on the sly ,
- encase ,
- encases ,
- encasing ,
- layered ,
- mantled ,
- set on ,
- super-imposed ,
- superpose ,
- superposes .
- GRAYS ,
- Hazed ,
- Hazing ,
- cloud over ,
- cloud up ,
- clouded over ,
- clouding up ,
- grayed ,
- graying ,
- make dim ,
- murked ,
- murking .
- odd .
- Bogged ,
- Bogging ,
- OFFS ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- blue pencil ,
- finish off ,
- finished off ,
- kos ,
- mark out ,
- marking out ,
- nixing ,
- offed ,
- offing ,
- root out ,
- rooting out ,
- rub off ,
- rubbed off ,
- rubbing off ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- taking out ,
- took apart ,
- took out ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- wash out ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out ,
- wipe off face of earth .
- ambiguous ,
- doubtful ,
- dubious ,
- enigmatic ,
- equivocal ,
- illogical ,
- inconceivable ,
- indecisive ,
- inexplicable ,
- inscrutable ,
- insoluble ,
- questionable ,
- uncertain ,
- unfathomable .
- Cacographic ,
- Caked ,
- Controvertible ,
- Daedal ,
- Doubtable ,
- Fine-spun ,
- Fuliginous ,
- Fumy ,
- GUNKY ,
- Hermetical ,
- Multivocal ,
- Nubilous ,
- Orderless ,
- Snaking ,
- Stickling ,
- Supermundane ,
- Superphysical ,
- Unapt ,
- Unequalable ,
- a piece ,
- abstruse ,
- adumbral ,
- adusk ,
- alchemistic ,
- astrological ,
- bespattered ,
- beyond grasp ,
- beyond one ,
- beyond range ,
- blearer ,
- blobby ,
- boggier ,
- boggiest ,
- boggy ,
- broken down ,
- circumlocutory ,
- clear as dishwater ,
- cloudy ,
- complex ,
- concealed ,
- conditional ,
- dark ,
- dark-complexioned ,
- darkish ,
- deep ,
- depressive ,
- detouring ,
- devious ,
- difficult ,
- difficult to read ,
- digressory ,
- dingy ,
- distant ,
- draggy ,
- dusky ,
- enigmatical ,
- extra ordinary ,
- extrasensory ,
- faint ,
- far back ,
- far off ,
- for the birds ,
- formless ,
- hairline ,
- hard to believe ,
- hard to make out ,
- hidden ,
- high tech ,
- high-tech ,
- ho hum ,
- ho-hum ,
- hohum ,
- humble ,
- implausible ,
- imprecise ,
- in the background ,
- in the distance ,
- in the sticks ,
- incognito ,
- incognizable ,
- incomprehensible ,
- indefinite ,
- indeterminable ,
- indirect ,
- inexplicit ,
- intricate ,
- lackluster ,
- laid back ,
- little known ,
- long way home ,
- longwinded ,
- low ,
- low key ,
- low-profile ,
- lowly ,
- lusterless ,
- mean ,
- middle of nowhere ,
- muddy ,
- mysterious ,
- nameless ,
- necromantic ,
- no nonsense ,
- non-transparent ,
- nontranslucent ,
- not clear ,
- not home ,
- occult ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten track ,
- on thin ice ,
- open to doubt ,
- open to question ,
- oracular ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of reach ,
- out of view ,
- overclouded ,
- polysemous ,
- pre-eminent ,
- problematical ,
- reachy ,
- roiled ,
- roily ,
- second to none ,
- secret ,
- sedimentary ,
- sepulchral ,
- shadowy ,
- sidelong ,
- smoggy ,
- sombre ,
- sphinxlike ,
- subfuse ,
- superordinary ,
- supranatural ,
- telescopic ,
- tenebrous ,
- touch and go ,
- transcendent ,
- turbid ,
- twilit ,
- ulterior ,
- umbral ,
- unclear ,
- undefined ,
- under advisement ,
- under examination ,
- under ground ,
- undetected ,
- undetermined ,
- undiscovered ,
- unemphatic ,
- unequalled ,
- unexposed ,
- unfixed ,
- ungraspable ,
- unilluminated ,
- unintelligible ,
- uninvestigated ,
- unknowable ,
- unpolluted ,
- unproven ,
- unrevealed ,
- unrivalled ,
- unseen ,
- unspecific ,
- up for grabs ,
- vague ,
- wide of ,
- won't hold water ,
- won't wash .
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How to use "Obscure" in context?
One of the most intriguing things about the world is how obscure certain things can be. From ancient cultures stillHidden in the jungles of South America, to animals that few people have ever seen, it is clear that there is much to explore and learn about the world we live in.
There are many obscure animals out there that few people ever see, but some of the most obscure are those that live in the oceans. From the elusive sperm whale to the enigmatic Japan Humpback whale, there are many remarkable sea creatures out there that deserve more attention from the general public.
Perhaps the most obscure of all sea creatures is the blue whale.
Paraphrases for Obscure:
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Adjective
ambiguous, cloudy, cryptic, dubious, elusive, fuzzy, gloomy, grey, hazy, impenetrable, imprecise, incomprehensible, indistinct, secretive, sinister, unexplained, unidentified, unknown, woolly, blacked-out, electron-dense.
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Adjective
arcane, blurred, blurry, confused, confusing, dark, ill-defined, murky, mysterious, obscurantist, opaque, shadowy, shady, sketchy, unintelligible, unspecific, Untransparent, non-transparent.
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Proper noun, singular
mysterious.
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