obscure
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make less visible or unclear
The stars are obscured by the clouds
Types & categories
- hide hypernym
- overshadow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
not clearly understood or expressed
an obscure turn of phrase
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Her remarks confused the debate
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- confuse verb group
Sense 4 adjective
marked by difficulty of style or expression
much that was dark is now quite clear to me
Related & opposite
- obscurity derivation
- darkness derivation
- uncomprehensible similar to
Sense 5 verb
make obscure or unclear
The distinction was obscured
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
difficult to find
hidden valleys
Related & opposite
- concealed similar to
Sense 7 verb
reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
Types & categories
- reduce hypernym
Related & opposite
- linguistics domain topic
Sense 8 adjective
not famous or acclaimed
an obscure family
Related & opposite
- obscurity derivation
- obscureness derivation
- inglorious similar to
Sense 9 verb
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
a hidden message
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- concealing derivation
- obliterable derivation
- efface verb group
Sense 10 adjective
not drawing attention
an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet
Related & opposite
- unnoticeableness derivation
- inconspicuous similar to
Sense 11 adjective
remote and separate physically or socially
existed over the centuries as a world apart
Related & opposite
- unconnected similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | daze |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | murkiness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overshadow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscurity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagueness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unclear |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | confuse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | muddy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscurity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | darkness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncomprehensible |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | concealed |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscurity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscureness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | inglorious |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | concealing |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | obliterable |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | efface |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | mystify |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | unnoticeableness |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | inconspicuous |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | unconnected |