Obscure Synonyms

Obscure synonyms such as "cloud, concealed, anonymous, delphic, black, bedim, becloud, and blur". Obscure is an adjective, and its antonyms are famous and renowned. Here are 122 another word for obscure with example sentences.

Another word for Obscure

122 other ways to say obscure.

1. unclear

2. unknown

3. recondite

  • uninterpretable
  • unintelligible
  • unfathomable
  • unexplained
  • riddling
  • recondite
  • recherché
  • puzzling
  • perplexing
  • oracular
  • opaque
  • occult
  • oblique
  • mystifying
  • inexplicable
  • incomprehensible
  • impenetrable
  • esoteric
  • equivocal
  • enigmatic
  • elliptical
  • Delphic
  • cryptic
  • baffling
  • as clear as mud
  • arcane
  • ambiguous
  • abstruse

4. vague

  • veiled
  • vague
  • unlit
  • unclear
  • tenebrous
  • sombre
  • shady
  • shadowy
  • nebulous
  • murky
  • misty
  • indistinct
  • ill-defined
  • hazy
  • gloomy
  • fuzzy
  • foggy
  • faint
  • dusky
  • dim
  • darkling
  • dark
  • crepuscular
  • cloudy
  • clouded
  • Cimmerian
  • caliginous
  • blurry
  • blurred
  • black

5. cover

  • veil
  • shroud
  • shadow
  • screen
  • overshadow
  • obnubilate
  • obliterate
  • mask
  • mantle
  • hide
  • envelop
  • enshroud
  • eclipse
  • cover
  • conceal
  • cloak
  • cast a shadow over
  • block out
  • block
  • blank out
  • benight
  • bedim
  • adumbrate

6. cloud

How to Use obscure in a Sentence

His references were too obscure here.

The meaning was obscure at first.