Thesaurus
obscure
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of OBSCURE
1
to keep secret or shut off from view <the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else>
Synonyms belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil
Related Words bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
2
to make dark, dim, or indistinct <when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular>
Synonyms becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blear, blur, darken, dim, dislimn, fog, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, shroud
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