Synonyms and Antonyms of opaque
- somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics
ambiguous, arcane, cryptic, dark, deep, Delphic, double-edged, elliptical (or elliptic), enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, fuliginous, inscrutable, murky, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult
cloaked, concealed, disguised, masked, shrouded
beclouded, bedimmed, befogged, clouded, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, indistinguishable, misty, muddy, obfuscatory, obnubilated, obscurant (or obscurantic), shaded, shadowlike, shadowy, sphinxlike
indefinite, inexact, inexplicit, noncommittal, questionable, unclear, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, vague
impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable
eerie (also eery), uncanny, weird
impalpable, inappreciable, intangible, invisible
baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, unfathomable
- an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation