obfuscate

The word “obfuscate” has 3 syllables: o-bfus-cate

It's pronounced as /ˈɑb.fə.skeɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for obfuscate?

In the thesaurus, “obfuscate” has 36 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obfuscate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obfuscate

  • baffle
  • becloud
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • bewilder
  • blur
  • cloud
  • complicate
  • conceal
  • confound
  • confuse
  • darken
  • disarrange
  • disarray
  • discompose
  • dishevel
  • disorder
  • disrupt
  • disturb
  • entangle
  • fog
  • fuddle
  • jumble
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • obscure
  • perplex
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • scramble
  • shuffle
  • snarl
  • sophisticate
  • tangle
  • tousle
  • upset

Antonyms for obfuscate

  • analyze
  • break down
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • decipher
  • decode
  • disentangle
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • explicate
  • illuminate
  • reveal
  • simplify
  • streamline
  • undo
  • unravel
  • unscramble
  • untangle

Meanings of obfuscate

  • verb
    1. To make dark; overshadow.
    2. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
    3. To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
  • adjective
    1. Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Example Sentences

  • Some politicians tend to obfuscate their true intentions during election campaigns.
  • The complex language in the legal document seemed designed to obfuscate its meaning.
  • Critics accused the company of trying to obfuscate the details of the controversial deal.
  • The speaker's attempt to obfuscate the issue only raised more questions.
  • In an effort to avoid scrutiny, the scam artist tried to obfuscate the trail of funds.

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obfuscate, such as: analyze, baffle, becloud, befog, befuddle, bewilder, blur.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

camouflage

  • act
  • affect
  • assume
  • beard
  • becloud
  • befog
  • blanket
  • blind
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  • cloak
  • coloring
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  • costume
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  • counterfeit
  • cover
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  • curtain
  • deceit
  • deceive
  • deceptive marking
  • dim
  • disguise
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  • domino
  • dress
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  • enshroud
  • fake
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  • false appearance
  • feign
  • front
  • getup
  • gild
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  • hide
  • impersonate
  • makeup
  • mask
  • masking
  • masquerade
  • mimicry
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • occult
  • outfit
  • paint
  • plain brown wrapper
  • play
  • pose
  • pretend
  • protective coloring
  • put up a smokescreen
  • red herring
  • rig
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  • shade
  • sham
  • shroud
  • simulate
  • smokescreen
  • throw on makeup
  • varnish
  • veil
  • visor
  • vizard
  • vizor
  • whitewash

cloud

  • addle
  • adumbrate
  • army
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • billow
  • blacken
  • blear
  • blot out
  • blur
  • brume
  • camouflage
  • cloak
  • complicate
  • conceal
  • confuse
  • cover
  • curtain
  • darken
  • darkness
  • dense mass
  • dim
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  • disarrange
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  • discompose
  • disguise
  • dishevel
  • dislimn
  • disorder
  • disorient
  • disrupt
  • distort
  • distract
  • disturb
  • eclipse
  • entangle
  • envelop
  • film
  • flock
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  • haze
  • haziness
  • hide
  • horde
  • host
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  • jumble
  • legion
  • mantle
  • mask
  • midnight
  • mist
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • multitude
  • murk
  • nebula
  • nebulosity
  • night
  • obfuscate
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • obscurity
  • overcast
  • overcloud
  • overshadow
  • pall
  • pea soup
  • penumbra
  • perplex
  • pother
  • puff
  • puzzle
  • rack
  • rout
  • scores
  • scramble
  • screen
  • scud
  • shade
  • shadow
  • sheep
  • shower
  • shroud
  • shuffle
  • smog
  • smoke
  • smother
  • snarl
  • sophisticate
  • steam
  • swarm
  • tangle
  • throng
  • thunderhead
  • tousle
  • umbra
  • upset
  • vapor
  • veil
  • woolpack

darken

  • abase
  • adumbrate
  • anger
  • bastardize
  • becloud
  • bedim
  • befog
  • begrime
  • besmear
  • besmirch
  • black out
  • blacken
  • blear
  • blemish
  • blot out
  • blur
  • bristle
  • brood
  • camouflage
  • cheapen
  • cloak
  • close in
  • cloud
  • cloud over
  • cloud up
  • color
  • conceal
  • corrupt
  • cover
  • curtain
  • debase
  • debauch
  • deepen
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • dim
  • dirty
  • discolor
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • disguise
  • dishonor
  • dislimn
  • distort
  • dusk
  • eclipse
  • fade
  • fog
  • foul
  • frown
  • fume
  • glare
  • gloom
  • glower
  • gray
  • haze
  • hide
  • intimidate
  • lour
  • lower
  • make dim
  • mar
  • mask
  • menace
  • mist
  • mope
  • murk
  • obfuscate
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • overcast
  • overcloud
  • overshadow
  • pervert
  • pet
  • poison
  • pollute
  • pout
  • rage
  • scowl
  • screen
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shame
  • shroud
  • sink
  • smear
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • smut
  • soil
  • spoil
  • stain
  • stare
  • steam
  • storm
  • subvert
  • sulk
  • sully
  • taint
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • threaten
  • tone down
  • touch
  • twist
  • veil
  • vitiate
  • wane

darkened

  • abased
  • adumbrated
  • angered
  • aphotic
  • atramentous
  • bastardized
  • beclouded
  • bedimmed
  • befogged
  • begrimed
  • besmeared
  • besmirched
  • black
  • blacked out
  • blackened
  • blackish
  • bleared
  • blemished
  • blotted out
  • blurred
  • bristled
  • brooded
  • caliginous
  • camouflaged
  • cheapened
  • cheerless
  • cimmerian
  • cloaked
  • closed in
  • clouded
  • cloudy
  • colored
  • concealed
  • corrupted
  • covered
  • crepuscular
  • curtained
  • dark
  • darkish
  • darkling
  • darksome
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dim
  • dimmed
  • dingy
  • dirtied
  • dirty
  • discolored
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • disguised
  • dishonored
  • dislimned
  • dismal
  • distorted
  • drab
  • dreary
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dun
  • dusk
  • dusked
  • dusky
  • eclipsed
  • faded
  • faint
  • filmy
  • filthy
  • fogged
  • foggy
  • foul
  • fouled
  • frosty
  • frowned
  • fuliginous
  • fumed
  • fuzzy
  • glared
  • gloomed
  • gloomy
  • glowered
  • glowering
  • gray
  • grey
  • grubby
  • hazed
  • hazy
  • hid
  • ill-lighted
  • impenetrable
  • indistinct
  • inky
  • intimidated
  • lackluster
  • leaden
  • lightless
  • loured
  • lowered
  • lowering
  • lurid
  • lusterless
  • marred
  • masked
  • menaced
  • misted
  • misty
  • moonless
  • moped
  • mucky
  • muddied
  • muddy
  • murky
  • nasty
  • nebulous
  • nontranslucent
  • nontransparent
  • nubilous
  • obfuscated
  • obfuscous
  • obliterated
  • obscure
  • obscured
  • opaque
  • overcast
  • overclouded
  • overshadowed
  • pale
  • perverted
  • petted
  • pitch-black
  • pitch-dark
  • pitchy
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • pouted
  • raged
  • rayless
  • roily
  • sad
  • sank
  • scowled
  • screened
  • shaded
  • shadowed
  • shadowlike
  • shadowy
  • shady
  • shamed
  • shrouded
  • smeared
  • smirched
  • smoggy
  • smoky
  • smudged
  • smutted
  • soiled
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sooty
  • soupy
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • squalid
  • stained
  • stared
  • starless
  • steamed
  • stormed
  • stormy
  • stygian
  • subverted
  • sulked
  • sullied
  • sunk
  • sunless
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • tarred
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • thick
  • threatened
  • touched
  • turbid
  • twilit
  • twisted
  • unclean
  • unlighted
  • unlit
  • vague
  • veiled
  • vitiated
  • waned

darkens

  • abases
  • adumbrates
  • angers
  • bastardizes
  • becloud
  • beclouds
  • bedim
  • bedims
  • befogs
  • begrimes
  • besmears
  • besmirches
  • blacken
  • blackens
  • blacks out
  • blears
  • blemishes
  • blots out
  • blurs
  • bristles
  • broods
  • camouflages
  • cheapens
  • cloaks
  • closes in
  • cloud over
  • cloud up
  • clouds
  • colors
  • conceals
  • corrupts
  • covers
  • curtains
  • debases
  • debauches
  • deepen
  • degrades
  • demeans
  • demoralizes
  • depraves
  • dim
  • dims
  • dirties
  • discolors
  • discredits
  • disgraces
  • disguises
  • dishonors
  • dislimns
  • distorts
  • dusks
  • eclipse
  • eclipses
  • fades
  • fog
  • fogs
  • fouls
  • frowns
  • fumes
  • glares
  • glooms
  • glowers
  • gray
  • haze
  • hazes
  • hides
  • intimidates
  • lours
  • lowers
  • make dim
  • mars
  • masks
  • menaces
  • mists
  • mopes
  • murk
  • obfuscate
  • obliterates
  • obscure
  • obscures
  • overcast
  • overcasts
  • overclouds
  • overshadow
  • overshadows
  • perverts
  • pets
  • poisons
  • pollutes
  • pouts
  • rages
  • scowls
  • screens
  • shade
  • shades
  • shadow
  • shadows
  • shames
  • shrouds
  • sinks
  • smears
  • smirches
  • smudges
  • smuts
  • soils
  • spoils
  • stains
  • stares
  • steams
  • storms
  • subverts
  • sulks
  • sullies
  • taints
  • tarnishes
  • tarres
  • tars
  • threatens
  • tone down
  • touches
  • twists
  • veils
  • vitiates
  • wanes

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