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obscures

verb , present tense third-person singular of obscure

Synonyms and Antonyms of obscures

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 of obscures

belies, blankets, blots out, cloaks, conceals, covers, curtains, disguises, enshrouds, hides, masks, occults, papers over, screens, shrouds, suppresses, veils

Words Related to obscures

buries, camouflages, covers (up), smothers

gilds, glosses (over), varnishes, whitewashes

beclouds, bedims, befogs, blocks, clouds, darkens, eclipses, obstructs, occludes, overcasts, overshadows, shades

Near Antonyms of obscures

brings out, presents

clarifies, illuminates

advertises, airs, broadcasts, gets out, proclaims, publicizes, publishes, spreads

Antonyms of obscures

bares, discloses, displays, divulges, exposes, reveals, shows, uncloaks, uncovers, unmasks, unveils

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 of obscures

beclouds, bedims, befogs, blackens, blears, blurs, clouds, darkens, dims, dislimns, fogs, fuzzes (up), hazes, mists, overcasts, overclouds, overshadows, shadows, shrouds

Words Related to obscures

adumbrates, blots out, conceals, eclipses, hides, obliterates, screens, shades

camouflages, cloaks, covers, curtains, disguises, masks, veils

Near Antonyms of obscures

exposes, reveals, uncovers, unveils

Antonyms of obscures

brightens, illuminates, illumines, lightens, lights (up)

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