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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminated
• light
• 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
• agleam
• spotlighted
• relucent
• ablaze
• ultrabright
• sunlit
• moonlit
• moony
• starlit
• 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
• covered (up)
• smothered
• obstructed
• papered over
• darkened
• occluded
• clouded
• shaded
• eclipsed
• whitewashed
• varnished
• gilded
• overcast
• 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

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)
• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• lightened
• illumined
• unveiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obscured

Adjective

On this year’s summer solstice, a group of volunteers gathered to tend to the obscured orchard atop one of the Figueroa Street Tunnels. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

For one thing, near-infrared light can pass through thin clouds, so an obscured sky wouldn't prevent communication. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026

Earl Hindman scored the role of Wilson, the Taylor's wise (and facially obscured) neighbor, on Home Improvement, appearing in 203 episodes of the series. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

In some cases, apps disclose the behavior, often in small or obscured print. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026

However, sources say the tour’s production is working at improving the areas with obscured sightlines. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 May 2026

But the specifics, the why behind each decision, the next move waiting around the corner – those remain deliberately obscured. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

The interior worlds of these women remain obscured and their motivations go unexplored. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026

In an ordinary car with an ordinary dash, all of that would live behind the cluster and relatively obscured from view, or ignored. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026

Verb

Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking. — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end. — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

The nova also spawned a thick disc of dust that completely obscured the binary star system. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026

Nearly everything Irene does here is monstrous, and yet Corsini never stops encouraging viewers to search for the heartbroken woman suddenly obscured by a wild avatar of self-protection. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

The young ones' faces are obscured throughout the images, as the Sussexes maintain their children's privacy. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Severely nearsighted, Isul wore eyeglasses with thick plastic lenses, which obscured her lovely, small eyes. — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

On June 20, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi encountered heavy smoke that obscured an active emergency fire scene that was not cordoned off with cones, the company wrote in its report. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Though the face of the man in the video was obscured, tattoos visible on his forearms matched Montilla’s ink, prosecutors said. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026