Synonyms for obscurity
əbˈskyʊər ɪ tiob·scu·ri·ty

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1. obscurity

   Synonyms:
   contempt, contumely, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, oblivion, shame

   Antonyms:
   celebrity, credit, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, honor, laurels, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute

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1. obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditenessnoun

   the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

   Synonyms:
   lowliness, profoundness, obscureness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profundity, humbleness, unimportance, reconditeness

   Antonyms:
   pellucidity, limpidity, clarity, lucidity, clearness, lucidness, prominence

2. obscuritynoun

   an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known

   "he worked in obscurity for many years"

   Synonyms:
   abstruseness, reconditeness, obscureness

   Antonyms:
   clearness, clarity, pellucidity, lucidity, prominence, lucidness, limpidity

3. obscurity, obscurenessnoun

   the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

   Synonyms:
   lowliness, unimportance, abstruseness, reconditeness, obscureness, humbleness

   Antonyms:
   limpidity, lucidness, clearness, prominence, lucidity, clarity, pellucidity

Matched Categories

1. • Incomprehensibility
   • Semidarkness
   • Standing

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1. obscuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade, obscuration, cloud, obfuscation

2. obscuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   seclusion, retirement, privacy

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1. obscuritynoun

   Synonyms:
   ambiguity, vagueness, privacy, seclusion, retirement, darkness, obfuscation, obscuration

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1. List of paraphrases for "obscurity":

   opacity, darkness, ambiguity, dark, mystery

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How to use obscurity in a sentence?

1. Alexander The Great:

   I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

2. Tom Stoppard, Rosencranz And Guildenstern Are Dead:

   We are tied down to a language that makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.

3. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   Be for me, i've run an unwaveringly positive campaign since I got in this, and sometimes I've operated in total obscurity. It's OK -- we're rising now.

4. G. K. Chesterton:

   When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.

5. Jimoh Oluwatobi segun:

   To die of obscurity is a great obloquy to an intellectual being.