Obscure

Pronunciation: /əbsˈkjʊr/

Obscure (adjective)

  1. Not clear or easy to understand.
  2. Not known by many people.
  3. Not easily seen or noticed.

Examples

  • The instructions were obscure and confused everyone.
  • His explanation was so obscure that few understood it.

Common collocations: obscure language, obscure meaning, obscure author, obscure reference, obscure location

Obscure (verb)

  1. To make something difficult to understand or see.

Examples

  • The fog obscured the road ahead.
  • His comments obscured the main point of the discussion.

Synonyms of Obscure

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Obscure

  • when describing something easily understood or seen
  • when describing something easily perceived or understood