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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In his testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in May 2024, Vora described "fluctuating, opaque pricing structures" from distributors.

From BBC

They found that the ratings are based on opaque, black-box style calculations that obscure what is really being measured.

From MarketWatch

Taken in isolation, these three irreducible realities are opaque; for Rosenzweig they become intelligible only in relation to one another.

From The Wall Street Journal

The write-off follows Blue Owl Capital halting redemptions, fueling fears of weakening fundamentals in the opaque private credit market.

From Barron's

Macklem also highlighted the growth of opaque private credit, which falls outside global banking regulators’ purview and could cause cross-border spillovers.

From The Wall Street Journal

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