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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of opacity

Gale asserts opacity, refusal, and silence as both political positions and an unlikely form of representation; more specifically, as a mode of questioning what performance can be in the absence of a body. —Ellen Y. Tani, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024

Growing into a full-fledged self requires a little darkness, and a little opacity. —John Kaag, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024

Within the technology supply chain, this opacity can cause problems, especially when global trends like ESG mandates, re-globalization and geopolitical tensions demand closer collaboration with suppliers. —Koray Köse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

My non-Asian friends were interested in non-Asian things—playing guitar, professional wrestling, R.V. trips—that meant nothing to me; the mutual opacity of our cultures seemed normal. —Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024