Synonyms 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

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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.

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

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

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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"

   Synonyms:
   unintelligible

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

2. opaque, unintelligibleadjective

   not clearly understood or expressed

   Synonyms:
   unintelligible

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

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1. opaqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   not transparent

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1. opaqueadjective

   Synonyms:
   intransparent, obscure, unintelligible

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1. List of paraphrases for "opaque":

   non-transparent, untransparent, electron-dense, obscure, murky, intransparent, unclear, opacity, secretive, vague, impenetrable, dense

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1. Brock Silvers:

   The environment is now so opaque and difficult that even the iconic master-operator Jack Ma has paid a very dear price for missteps, zhang Yiming and Colin Huang are intensely aware of this example, and Zhang Yiming and Colin Huang desire to not follow in Ma's most recent footsteps probably played at least some role in Zhang Yiming and Colin Huang respective decisions to step down.

2. Fergus Ryan:

   The whole process is so opaque that it's difficult to know what is censored and what isn't censored.

3. Committee Chairman David Cicilline:

   Companies... both large and small, have found themselves dependent on the arbitrary whim of these platform giants, one algorithm tweak away from ruin, because their decisions are largely unaccountable, opaque, and result in sweeping consequences, the dominant platforms effectively serve as private regulators.

4. Christoph Wille:

   This process (of borrowing) is very opaque but the assumption is that they (Congo) get lots of loans from China and companies in the infrastructure sector.

5. Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse Dune, Mentat Fixe:

   Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ablility to learn. The judgemental precedents of law function that way, littering your path with dead ends. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.