opaque
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
opaque windows of the jail
Related & opposite
- unclear also see
- clear antonym
- opaqueness attribute
- opaqueness derivation
- opacity derivation
- murky similar to
- fogged similar to
- frosted similar to
- glaucous similar to
- lightproof similar to
- whitish similar to
- semiopaque similar to
- solid similar to
Sense 2 adjective
not clearly understood or expressed
Related & opposite
- opaqueness derivation
- unintelligibility derivation
- uncomprehensible similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unclear |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | clear |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | opaqueness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | opaqueness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | opacity |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | murky |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | fogged |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | frosted |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | glaucous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lightproof |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | whitish |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiopaque |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | solid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opaqueness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unintelligibility |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncomprehensible |