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obscurity
Synonyms and Antonyms of obscurity
1
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
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
2
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
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
3
the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain
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