Antonyms for opaque
oʊˈpeɪkopaque

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1. opaqueverb

   Synonyms:
   cloud, blur

2. opaqueadjective

   Neither reflecting nor emitting light.

   Synonyms:
   cloud, blur

3. opaqueadjective

   Antonyms:
   see-through, transparent, translucent

4. opaqueadjective

   Antonyms:
   brilliant, clear, obvious, bright

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opaque

   Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.

   Compare synonyms for LIGHT.

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white

   Synonyms:
   black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, murky, mysterious, obscure, sable, shadowy, shady, somber, swart, swarthy

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1. opaqueadjective

   not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

   "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"

   Antonyms:
   hyaloid, lucid, comprehensible, transparent, semitransparent, crystalline, unclouded, limpid, pellucid, unfrosted, crystal clear, liquid, hyaline, translucent, clear, comprehendible

   Synonyms:
   unintelligible

2. opaque, unintelligibleadjective

   not clearly understood or expressed

   Antonyms:
   crystal clear, unclouded, limpid, comprehensible, transparent, semitransparent, hyaloid, translucent, hyaline, clear, unfrosted, crystalline, lucid, comprehendible, liquid, pellucid

   Synonyms:
   unintelligible

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1. opaqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   intransparent, obscure, unintelligible

How to use opaque in a sentence?

1. Maxine Waters:

   I'm troubled to see yet another bank plead guilty to criminal charges only to turn around and ask federal regulators to allow it to continue doing businesses as if it has done nothing wrong, i hope that the Department of Labor appropriately scrutinizes this waiver request by Deutsche Bank, and I believe a public hearing would provide much needed transparency to an historically opaque process.

2. Kelly McBride:

   This is an example of opaque sponsored content.

3. Meredith McGehee:

   It's clear that anyone wanting an accurate picture of the money flowing in and out of the Clinton Foundation using public records would fail miserably because the public records are both inaccurate and fairly opaque.

4. Ashok Kumar Gupta:

   If you are absolutely clean, come out, put it (details) on your website. So that everybody knows and there is nothing opaque, otherwise there will be complaints, we will inquire - why do you want to subject yourself to this type of investigation if you are open about it.

5. Tabetha Boyajian:

   Dust is most likely the reason why the star's light appears to dim and brighten, the new data shows that different colors of light are being blocked at different intensities. Therefore, whatever is passing between us and the star is not opaque, as would be expected from a planet or alien megastructure.

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