obscurity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
Types & categories
- incomprehensibility hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
he worked in obscurity for many years
Types & categories
- standing hypernym
- anonymity hyponym
- obscureness hyponym
- nowhere hyponym
- limbo hyponym
Related & opposite
- prominence antonym
- unsung derivation
Sense 3 noun
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
Types & categories
- semidarkness hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | clearness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstruse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | incomprehensibility |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | prominence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsung |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | standing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | anonymity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | obscureness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nowhere |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | limbo |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | semidarkness |