Synonyms of opacity

opacity

noun

ō-ˈpa-sə-tē 

as in ambiguity

the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning

the opacity of the abstract painter's works simply baffles many gallery visitors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambiguity
• ambiguousness
• mysteriousness
• opaqueness
• uncertainty
• mystery
• murkiness
• obliqueness
• complexity
• obliquity
• nebulousness
• nebulosity
• darkness
• inscrutability
• obscurity
• equivocation
• equivocalness
• depth
• haziness
• cloudiness
• vagueness
• inscrutableness
• dimness
• fuzziness
• indistinctness
• impenetrability
• indefiniteness
• mistiness
• incomprehensibility
• faintness
• fogginess
• indirectness
• shadow
• shade
• difficulty
• circuity
• obtuseness
• profoundness
• reconditeness
• deepness
• abstruseness
• complication
• incomprehensibleness
• circuitousness
• abstrusity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarity
• brightness
• clearness
• intelligibility
• legibility
• obviousness
• certainty
• plainness
• comprehensibility
• distinctness
• visibility
• exactness
• incision
• lucidity
• openness
• definiteness
• surety
• directness
• explicitness
• perspicuity
• incisiveness
• readability
• forthrightness
• straightforwardness
• self-evidence
• tangibility
• lucidness
• obviousness
• perspicuousness
• palpability
• tangibleness
• readableness

Examples of opacity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While the pay hike for switching jobs has fallen in recent years, current opacity over pay still inspires employees to make the change. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 27 Sep. 2024

Still, burgeoning business ties with Russia come at a cost, even if that is difficult to quantify because of its opacity. —Pei-Lin Wu, Washington Post, 26 July 2024

In the letter, the agency asked the state to add more details about monitoring and recordkeeping requirements for periodic opacity monitoring. —Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2024

Any target with the slightest sophistication is likely to shroud his activities with corporate opacity and operate through intermediaries and shell companies, thus rendering individual sanctions less effective. —Justyna Gudzowska, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022