opaque

[oh-peyk] / oʊˈpeɪk /

ADJECTIVE

clouded, muddy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blurred cloudy dirty dull frosty gloomy hazy impenetrable murky thick

WEAK

dark darkened dim dusky filmy foggy fuliginous lusterless misty muddied nontranslucent nontransparent nubilous obfuscated shady smoky sooty turbid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clear intelligent light luminous smart sparkling sunny thin vivacious

WEAK

crystal-clear easy lucid translucent transparent unambiguous unclouded understandable

ADJECTIVE

hard to understand

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arcane equivocal incomprehensible uncertain unclear unintelligible vague

WEAK

abstruse amphibological baffling concealed cryptic difficult enigmatic imperceptive nubilous obscure obtuse perplexing purblind tenebrous unfathomable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain clear comprehensible definite determined intelligible sure understandable

WEAK

crystal-clear easy lucid translucent transparent unambiguous unclouded

Example Sentences

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Customers buy tokens to use AI services - but the amount of tokens needed for each task is sometimes opaque.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Now, though, a whole raft of problems developed — from an asset-liability mismatch to questions about the AI capex boom, opaque pricing and the “Hormuz shock.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Investors are yanking money out of the opaque funds, lifting withdrawals to record highs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As with private equity, the grading of private loans is more opaque than for their public market counterparts.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Cordelia sits with nonchalance, nudging me with her elbow now and then, staring blankly at the other people with her gray-green eyes, opaque and glinting as metal.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

opaque

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