'opacity' definitions:
Definition of 'opacity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation [ant: transparence, transparency]
noun
Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning [syn: opacity, opaqueness]
noun
The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light [syn: opacity, opaqueness] [ant: clarity, clearness, uncloudedness]
Synonyms of 'opacity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruseness,
- adiaphanousness,
- ambiguity,
- amorphousness,
- asininity,
- blockishness,
- boobishness,
- boorishness,
- bovinity,
- cloddishness,
- cloudiness,
- crassness,
- crudeness,
- dark,
- darkness,
- denseness,
- density,
- dim-wittedness,
- dimness,
- doltishness,
- dull-wittedness,
- dullardism,
- dullness,
- dumbness,
- duncery,
- equivocation,
- fog,
- fogginess,
- fuzziness,
- grossness,
- hebetude,
- impenetrability,
- impermeability,
- imperviousness to light,
- indefiniteness,
- indeterminateness,
- indistinctness,
- intransparency,
- lethargy,
- loutishness,
- lumpishness,
- mist,
- mistiness,
- mumbo jumbo,
- murk,
- murkiness,
- mystification,
- ninnyism,
- oafdom,
- oafishness,
- obfuscation,
- obscurantism,
- obscuration,
- obscurity,
- obtuseness,
- opaque,
- opaqueness,
- perplexity,
- reconditeness,
- roil,
- roiledness,
- shapelessness,
- simpletonianism,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- sottishness,
- stolidity,
- stupidity,
- thick-headedness,
- thick-wittedness,
- thickness,
- turbidity,
- turbidness,
- unclarity,
- unclearness,
- unintelligibility,
- unplainness,
- unteachability,
- vagueness,
- wrongheadedness,
- yokelism