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obscurity
Synonyms and Antonyms of obscurity
- the 16th-century astrologer's predictions are so filled with obscurity that people can interpret them any way they want
cloudiness, dimness, faintness, fogginess, fuzziness, haziness, indefiniteness, indistinctness, mistiness, shade, shadow, uncertainty, vagueness
impenetrability, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness
circuitousness, circuity, indirectness
abstruseness, abstrusity, complexity, complication, difficulty, obtuseness
comprehensibility, intelligibility, legibility
brightness, distinctness, self-evidence
definiteness, exactness, explicitness, incision, incisiveness, lucidity, lucidness, perspicuity, perspicuousness
directness, forthrightness, openness, straightforwardness
- the singer languished in relative obscurity for years before becoming famous
character, mark, name, note, rep [slang], report, reputation, repute
distinction, eminence, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, note, preeminence, prominence
cachet, kudos, position, prestige, rank, standing, stature
acclaim, acknowledgment (or acknowledgement), praise, recognition
- her novels were favored by gullible critics who confuse obscurity with profundity
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