Synonyms of obscured

obscured 1 of 2

adjective

as in darkened

being without light or without much light

an obscured area of the prison yard that was the perfect escape route

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darkened
• murky
• dark
• obscure
• dimmed
• black
• dim
• sombre
• somber
• unlit
• dusky
• dusk
• gloomy
• darkling
• darkish
• lightless
• darksome
• pitch-dark
• tenebrous
• pitch-black
• pitchy
• caliginous
• stygian
• rayless
• dulled
• clouded
• tenebrific
• grey
• twilit
• crepuscular
• misty
• shadowy
• lackluster
• gray
• shady
• moonless
• cloudy
• starless
• pale
• foggy
• dull
• leaden
• befogged
• fuliginous
• smoggy
• beclouded
• shadowlike
• sunless
• soupy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminated
• light
• lighted
• brilliant
• luminous
• illumined
• bright
• shining
• lit
• brightened
• lucid
• glaring
• lucent
• radiant
• sparkling
• resplendent
• incandescent
• effulgent
• alight
• lightsome
• glowing
• lambent
• beamy
• beaming
• shiny
• glossy
• lustrous
• highlighted
• aglitter
• spotlit
• agleam
• spotlighted
• relucent
• ablaze
• ultrabright
• sunlit
• moonlit
• moony
• starlit
• floodlighted
• floodlit

obscured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of obscure

1

as in concealed

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 & Similar Words

• concealed
• hid
• covered
• suppressed
• disguised
• masked
• veiled
• cloaked
• shrouded
• enshrouded
• overshadowed
• curtained
• blanketed
• occulted
• blocked
• belied
• screened
• buried
• camouflaged
• blotted out
• smothered
• covered (up)
• obstructed
• papered over
• darkened
• occluded
• clouded
• shaded
• eclipsed
• whitewashed
• varnished
• gilded
• overcast
• gilt
• glossed (over)
• beclouded
• befogged
• bedimmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revealed
• exposed
• displayed
• disclosed
• uncovered
• showed
• presented
• divulged
• bared
• unveiled
• unmasked
• brought out
• illuminated
• clarified
• uncloaked
• published
• proclaimed
• publicized
• advertised
• spread
• aired
• got out
• broadcast
• broadcasted

2

as in blurred

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 & Similar Words

• blurred
• darkened
• clouded
• overshadowed
• blackened
• shrouded
• dimmed
• fogged
• shadowed
• concealed
• beclouded
• misted
• overcast
• hazed
• shaded
• hid
• covered
• bleared
• eclipsed
• obliterated
• masked
• overclouded
• befogged
• bedimmed
• dislimned
• adumbrated
• fuzzed (up)
• cloaked
• camouflaged
• veiled
• disguised
• screened
• curtained
• blotted out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminated
• brightened
• lit (up)
• lighted (up)
• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• lightened
• illumined
• unveiled