UNSEEN Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

unseen

adjective

Definition of unseen

as in hidden

not seen or able to be seen unseen dangers He escaped unseen.

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Recent Examples of unseen To detain people who looked perfectly healthy, Ragusa’s councillors had to grasp that a disease might incubate unseen—an intuition that arrived roughly five centuries before germ theory could explain it. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026 The violence of the newborn micrometeoroid's exile was followed by an epoch of utter silence, as its orbit was subtly influenced by the unseen forces of the solar system. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026 In one of Nolan’s subtle but important additions to Homer’s tale, all throughout the film, everyone expresses fears about the People from the Sea, this unseen menace terrorizing different towns. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026 The principal of my Christian high school regularly attributed world happenings—terrorist attacks, presidents elected or not elected, the price of gas—to unseen spiritual warfare. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unseen

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseen

Adjective

Influenced by the work of Carl Jung, many psychologists view the dragon as a symbol of the hidden fears and conflicts within the human mind.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
When hidden sources of stress and burnout go unnoticed, organizations must prioritize visibility into the whole employee.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of hidden

Adjective

What won the World Cup was the invisible connection between the bodies that ultimately beat him.

— Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Ultimately, containers are supposed to behave almost like bits of data, moving across land and sea as if along invisible data lines.

— Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of invisible

Adjective

There, a holiday somewhere hot and indistinct, the only clear memory compressed into the feeling of rough grains of sand studding her feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
On the other hand, a large yard filled solely with small plants can look indistinct unless a few larger plants are added as anchors.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026

Definition of indistinct

Adjective

The contact was imperceptible to the naked eye, but a space-age sensor in the ball had confirmed it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
The tool, developed by independent AI engineer Luke Geel, analyzes past results and players’ activity—from posture to blink rate—spotting connections that might be imperceptible to the average viewer but visible to top pros.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of imperceptible

Adjective

There were four outlandish, outcast characters, whom Goldberg utterly embodied with something as slight as the crossing of her eyes or the dragging of her leg.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
That total marks a slight increase in applications from the previous year, when the department reported receiving 52,529.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2026

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