Obscurity refers to the state or quality of being unknown, uncertain, or unimportant. Its antonyms, on the other hand, denote clarity, fame, and prominence. Eminent refers to being widely known and respected, while clarity relates to clearness and transparency. Notoriety connotes widespread publicity, and renown suggests great fame and recognition. Distinctness indicates the quality of being easily distinguishable, and lucidity implies the ability to express oneself clearly. Conspicuousness refers to being easily noticeable or perceivable, while noteworthiness suggests being deserving of attention or recognition. Popular and prevalent both suggest widespread acceptance or accessibility. These antonyms serve to expand our understanding and appreciation of the many nuances of language.

What are the antonyms for Obscurity?

• adj.

  • fame
  • renown
  .
  • noun
  • glistening
  ,
  • light
  ,
  • shining
  .
  • renown
  • Noter
  ,
  • glorier
  ,
  • gloriest
  ,
  • markest
  ,
  • more acclaim
  ,
  • more celebrity
  ,
  • more distinction
  ,
  • more eclat
  ,
  • more eminence
  ,
  • more honor
  ,
  • more illustriousness
  ,
  • more kudos
  ,
  • more luster
  ,
  • more notoriety
  ,
  • more preeminence
  ,
  • more prestige
  ,
  • more prominence
  ,
  • more prominency
  ,
  • more reputation
  ,
  • more repute
  ,
  • more stardom
  ,
  • most acclaim
  ,
  • most celebrity
  ,
  • most distinction
  ,
  • most eclat
  ,
  • most eminence
  ,
  • most honor
  ,
  • most illustriousness
  ,
  • most kudos
  ,
  • most luster
  ,
  • most notoriety
  ,
  • most preeminence
  ,
  • most prestige
  ,
  • most prominence
  ,
  • most prominency
  ,
  • most reputation
  ,
  • most repute
  ,
  • most stardom
  ,
  • notest
  ,
  • re nown
  ,
  • re nowner
  ,
  • re nownest
  ,
  • re-nown
  ,
  • re-nowner
  ,
  • re-nownest
  ,
  • repper
  ,
  • reppest
  .

• n.

  • attention; bright beam of light
  • spotlight
  .
  • celebrity
  • Cheeses
  ,
  • Worthies
  ,
  • big gun
  ,
  • big guns
  ,
  • big stuff
  ,
  • big stuffs
  ,
  • celeb
  ,
  • celebs
  ,
  • cheese
  ,
  • cynosure
  ,
  • cynosures
  ,
  • famous people
  ,
  • famous persons
  ,
  • hotshot
  ,
  • hotshots
  ,
  • immortals
  ,
  • major leaguer
  ,
  • major leaguers
  ,
  • renowns
  ,
  • super star
  ,
  • super stars
  ,
  • super-star
  ,
  • super-stars
  ,
  • superstar
  ,
  • superstars
  ,
  • the cheese
  ,
  • the cheeses
  .
  • clarity
  • Manifestness
  ,
  • cognizabilities
  ,
  • cognizability
  ,
  • comprehensibilities
  ,
  • comprehensibility
  ,
  • conspicuousness
  ,
  • conspicuousnesses
  ,
  • decipherabilities
  ,
  • decipherability
  ,
  • directness
  ,
  • directnesses
  ,
  • evidence
  ,
  • exactness
  ,
  • explicabilities
  ,
  • explicability
  ,
  • explicitness
  ,
  • explicitnesses
  ,
  • intelligibilities
  ,
  • intelligibility
  ,
  • legibilities
  ,
  • legibility
  ,
  • manifestnesses
  ,
  • obviousness
  ,
  • obviousnesses
  ,
  • overtness
  ,
  • overtnesses
  ,
  • penetrabilities
  ,
  • penetrability
  ,
  • salience
  ,
  • saliences
  ,
  • simplicity
  ,
  • un ambiguities
  ,
  • un ambiguity
  ,
  • un-ambiguities
  ,
  • un-ambiguity
  ,
  • unambiguities
  ,
  • unambiguity
  ,
  • unmistakabilities
  ,
  • unmistakability
  .
  • dignitary
  • celebrity
  .
  • eminence
  • preeminence
  .
  • exhibition, proof
  • manifestation
  .
  • explanation; interpretation
  • rendition
  .
  • fame
  • repute
  ,
  • stardom
  .
  • focus of attention
  • public eye
  .
  • illumination
  • brightenings
  ,
  • in formation
  ,
  • in formations
  ,
  • in sight
  ,
  • in sights
  ,
  • in-formation
  ,
  • in-formations
  ,
  • in-sight
  ,
  • in-sights
  ,
  • insights
  ,
  • re velation
  ,
  • re velations
  ,
  • re-velation
  ,
  • re-velations
  .
  • illustriousness
  • pre potencies
  ,
  • pre potency
  ,
  • pre-potencies
  ,
  • pre-potency
  .
  • indication, evidence
  • sign
  .
  • light
  • Fulgor
  ,
  • Lights
  ,
  • daytime
  ,
  • daytimes
  ,
  • ex ample
  ,
  • ex planation
  ,
  • ex planations
  ,
  • ex-ample
  ,
  • ex-planations
  ,
  • fulgors
  ,
  • in candescence
  ,
  • in candescences
  ,
  • in-candescence
  ,
  • in-candescences
  ,
  • incandescence
  ,
  • incandescences
  ,
  • irradiation
  ,
  • irradiations
  ,
  • lambency
  ,
  • lighthouse
  ,
  • phosphorescence
  ,
  • refulgence
  ,
  • refulgences
  ,
  • sunbeam
  ,
  • sunbeams
  ,
  • sunrise
  ,
  • sunshine
  ,
  • sunshines
  ,
  • tapers
  .
  • light; making light
  • illumination
  .
  • limelight
  • fifteen minutes fame
  ,
  • fifteen minutes of fame
  ,
  • focus attention
  ,
  • focus of attention
  ,
  • media attention
  ,
  • media attentions
  ,
  • public interest
  ,
  • public interests
  ,
  • public notice
  ,
  • public notices
  ,
  • public recognition
  ,
  • public recognitions
  .
  • manifestation
  • dis closure
  ,
  • dis closures
  ,
  • dis play
  ,
  • dis plays
  ,
  • dis-closure
  ,
  • dis-closures
  ,
  • dis-play
  ,
  • dis-plays
  ,
  • in stances
  ,
  • in-stance
  ,
  • in-stances
  .
  • notoriety
  • dis honor
  ,
  • dis honors
  ,
  • dis repute
  ,
  • dis reputes
  ,
  • dis-honor
  ,
  • dis-honors
  ,
  • dis-repute
  ,
  • dis-reputes
  ,
  • ink
  ,
  • inks
  ,
  • wises
  .
  • noun
  • Self-evidence
  ,
  • acclaim
  ,
  • acknowledgment
  ,
  • adoration
  ,
  • brightness
  ,
  • cachet
  ,
  • certainty
  ,
  • character
  ,
  • definiteness
  ,
  • distinctness
  ,
  • forthrightness
  ,
  • greatness
  ,
  • honor
  ,
  • idolization
  ,
  • incision
  ,
  • incisiveness
  ,
  • kudos
  ,
  • mark
  ,
  • name
  ,
  • note
  ,
  • openness
  ,
  • palpability
  ,
  • plainness
  ,
  • position
  ,
  • praise
  ,
  • prestige
  ,
  • rank
  ,
  • readability
  ,
  • readableness
  ,
  • recognition
  ,
  • rep
  ,
  • report
  ,
  • reputation
  ,
  • standing
  ,
  • stature
  ,
  • straightforwardness
  ,
  • superstardom
  ,
  • surety
  ,
  • tangibility
  ,
  • tangibleness
  ,
  • transparency
  ,
  • understandability
  ,
  • visibility
  .
  • preeminence
  • pre eminence
  ,
  • pre eminences
  ,
  • pre-eminence
  ,
  • pre-eminences
  .
  • prominence
  • Conspicuity
  ,
  • TORS
  ,
  • conspicuities
  ,
  • crag
  ,
  • crags
  ,
  • high point
  ,
  • high points
  ,
  • markedness
  ,
  • markednesses
  ,
  • specialness
  ,
  • specialnesses
  ,
  • top billing
  ,
  • top billings
  ,
  • tor
  .
  • promotion of something, someone
  • publicity
  .
  • public attention
  • limelight
  .
  • public eye
  • public consciousness
  ,
  • public scrutinies
  ,
  • public scrutiny
  .
  • publicity
  • PRS
  ,
  • big noise
  ,
  • big noises
  ,
  • billings
  ,
  • build ups
  ,
  • build-up
  ,
  • build-ups
  ,
  • commercials
  ,
  • press agentries
  ,
  • press agentry
  ,
  • press-agentries
  ,
  • press-agentry
  ,
  • pressagentries
  ,
  • pressagentry
  ,
  • promos
  ,
  • re lease
  ,
  • re leases
  ,
  • re-lease
  ,
  • re-leases
  ,
  • write up
  ,
  • writeup
  .
  • rendition
  • de liveries
  ,
  • de livery
  ,
  • de-liveries
  ,
  • de-livery
  ,
  • transcription
  ,
  • transcriptions
  .
  • repute
  • re gards
  ,
  • re-gard
  .
  • sign
  • fore boding
  ,
  • fore bodings
  ,
  • fore knowledges
  ,
  • fore shadowing
  ,
  • fore shadowings
  ,
  • fore token
  ,
  • fore tokens
  ,
  • fore warnings
  ,
  • fore-boding
  ,
  • fore-knowledge
  ,
  • fore-knowledges
  ,
  • fore-shadowing
  ,
  • fore-shadowings
  ,
  • fore-token
  ,
  • fore-tokens
  ,
  • fore-warning
  ,
  • fore-warnings
  ,
  • foreshadowings
  ,
  • foretoken
  ,
  • foretokens
  ,
  • giveaway
  ,
  • giveaways
  ,
  • handwriting on wall
  ,
  • handwriting wall
  ,
  • pre cursors
  ,
  • pre dictions
  ,
  • pre monition
  ,
  • pre monitions
  ,
  • pre sage
  ,
  • pre sages
  ,
  • pre sentiments
  ,
  • pre-cursor
  ,
  • pre-cursors
  ,
  • pre-diction
  ,
  • pre-dictions
  ,
  • pre-monition
  ,
  • pre-sage
  ,
  • pre-sages
  ,
  • pre-sentiment
  ,
  • pre-sentiments
  ,
  • signification
  .
  • something that sticks out
  • prominence
  .
  • spotlight
  • flashlight
  ,
  • flashlights
  ,
  • floodlight
  ,
  • floodlights
  ,
  • public attention
  ,
  • public attentions
  .
  • stardom
  • public esteem
  ,
  • public esteems
  ,
  • re cognition
  ,
  • re cognitions
  ,
  • re-cognition
  .
  • state of being precise or particular
  • specificity
  .

• n. pl.

  • noun
  • laurels
  .

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • noun
  • gleaming
  ,
  • glistering
  .

• v.

  • noun
  • glitter
  ,
  • shimmer
  ,
  • sparkle
  .

• Other relevant words:

• clarity
,
• notoriety
.

Usage examples for Obscurity

Famous quotes with Obscurity

• Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

  Joseph Addison
• The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.

  George Allen, Sr.
• Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.

  W. H. Auden
• I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.

  Tallulah Bankhead
• Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

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