All obscuration synonyms

noun obscuration

• pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
• scum — a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
• sheet — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
• skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
• transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
• web — something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
• brume — heavy mist or fog
• dimness — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
• shadow — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
• adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
• blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
• coolness — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
• darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
• dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
• gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
• obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
• screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
• semidarkness — partial darkness.
• shadiness — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
• umbra — shade; shadow.
• umbrage — offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
• dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
• shade — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
• protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
• shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
• nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
• claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
• double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
• gibberish — meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
• gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
• hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
• hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
• hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
• secrecy — the state or condition of being secret, hidden, or concealed: a meeting held in secrecy.
• beard — A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
• blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
• camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
• covering — A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
• curtain — Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window.
• disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
• dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
• hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
• laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
• mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
• obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
• occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.