He lived and died in obscurity.
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Obscurity
/əbˈskjʊəɹɪti/
Synonyms for "obscurity" (197 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Noun(10 words)
obscurenessabstrusenessabstrusityambiguitiesambiguityanonymitybackgroundnessbe ignoredcloudsconcealment of evidence
a nobodya nothingabstrusenessadiaphanousnessambiguousnessamorphiaamorphismamorphousnessanarchyanonymityarcanumbackgroundblacknessblearinessblobbinessblurblurrinessbroadnesschaoscipher
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Verb(1 words)
conceal evidence
Adjective(1 words)
cultural obscurity
Strong matches (59)
defocusdepthdimnessdisorderdummyduskduskinessegyptian darknessentropyerebusesotericafaintnessfeeblenessfigureheadfilminessfogfogginessformlessnessfuzzinessgenerality
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gloomhalf-visibilityhazehazinessill-definednessimperviousness to lightimprecisioninaccuracyinchoatenessincoherenceindecisivenessindefinablenessindefinitenessindeterminatenessindistinctnessindistinguishabilityinexactnessingloriousnessinsignificanceinsignificancyintense darknessintransparencyintricacyjackstrawlaxitylightlessnesslightweightlimbolittle fellowlittle guyloosenesslow profileman in the street
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
invisible status
Related words (98)
man of strawmediocritymessinessmistmistinessmoonlessnessmumbo jumbomurkmurkinessmysterymystificationnamelessnessnebbishnebulousnessnightnobodynobody one knowsnonentitynothingobfuscation
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oblivionobscurantismobscurationobscureobscure darknessopacityopaqueopaquenessorderlessnesspalenessperplexitypip squeakpip-squeakpitch-darknesspitchy darknessprofunditypunkroilroilednessruntscrubsecretsemivisibilityshadeshadowshadowinessshapelessnessshrimpsmall frysmall potatosmall potatoessoft focussquirtsquitstarlessnesssunlessnessswarthinesssweepingnesstenebrositytenebrousnessthe palpable obscuretotal darknessturbidityturbidnessuncertaintyunclarityunclearnessunimportanceunintelligibilityunplainnessvague appearancevaguenessvelvet darknessweaknesswhiffetwhippersnapper
Noun(18 words)
mistsmore ambiguousmore uncelebratedmore unclearmost ambiguousmuddinessmurkinessmurksoblivionprofunditiesreconditenessumbraunnamednessunreadabilityunremarkablenessvaguenessvaporousnessveil
Adjective(4 words)
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More general
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5 entriesacademic obscuritylinguistic obscuritysocial obscuritytechnical obscurityvisual obscurity
Collocations
6 entriesdeep obscurityextreme obscurityhistorical obscurityprofound obscuritypublic obscuritytotal obscurity
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He lived in obscurity.
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I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
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Hegel's philosophy is so odd that no one would have expected him to be able to get sane men to accept it, but he did. He set it out with so much obscurity that people thought it must be profound.
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