opaque

Plural: opaques

Adjective

• Not transparent; blocking light, difficult to see through.
• not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
  • "opaque windows of the jail"
  • "opaque to X-rays"

Adjective Satellite

• not clearly understood or expressed

Adj

• Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
• Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
• Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
• Obtuse, stupid.
• Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.

Noun

• An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
• Something which is opaque rather than translucent.

Verb

Verb Forms: opaqued, opaquing, opaques

• To make something opaque; to obscure or make unclear.
• To make, render (more) opaque.

Examples

• He tried to opaque his rack by placing the tiles face down, though it’s not allowed.
• His strategy remained opaque, making it hard for his opponent to predict moves.

Synonyms

unintelligible, adiaphanous, blur, cloud, nontransparent, opacous, opacular, opaque, thick

Antonyms

clear, bright, brilliant, oblique, obvious, see-through, translucent, transparent, turbid

Related Words

opacity, translucent, OPAQUELY

Anagrams of opaque