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Synonyms for obscurity
əbˈskyʊər ɪ tiob·scu·ri·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditenessnoun
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
Synonyms:
lowliness, profoundness, obscureness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profundity, humbleness, unimportance, reconditenessAntonyms:
pellucidity, limpidity, clarity, lucidity, clearness, lucidness, prominenceobscuritynoun
an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
"he worked in obscurity for many years"
Synonyms:
abstruseness, reconditeness, obscurenessAntonyms:
clearness, clarity, pellucidity, lucidity, prominence, lucidness, limpidityobscurity, obscurenessnoun
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
Synonyms:
lowliness, unimportance, abstruseness, reconditeness, obscureness, humblenessAntonyms:
limpidity, lucidness, clearness, prominence, lucidity, clarity, pellucidity
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
obscuritynoun
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darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade, obscuration, cloud, obfuscationobscuritynoun
Synonyms:
seclusion, retirement, privacy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obscuritynoun
Synonyms:
ambiguity, vagueness, privacy, seclusion, retirement, darkness, obfuscation, obscuration
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1640 | dark | |
#3778 | mystery | |
#6663 | darkness | |
#8184 | shame | |
#12132 | humiliation | |
#17209 | contempt | |
#20136 | ambiguity | |
#21253 | oblivion | |
#25916 | opacity | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#36428 | obscurity | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#57568 | infamy | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#89194 | disrepute | |
#115920 | profundity | |
#135732 | ignominy | |
#174090 | humbleness | |
#208725 | lowliness | |
#272811 | unimportance | |
#314700 | contumely |
How to use obscurity in a sentence?
This inattention could have created the opportunity for a local group — perhaps with external encouragement or support — to emerge from obscurity and perpetrate such terrifically lethal attacks.
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775:
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
Learn to be pleased with everything with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
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