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o·paque
 opaque
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- pronunciation:
- o
peIk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not allowing light to pass through. (Cf. transparent.)
Opaque window shades darken the room.- antonyms:
- clear, diaphanous, gauzy, limpid, sheer, transparent
- similar words:
- cloudy, dark
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| definition 2: |
not allowing some specified form of radiation, such as infrared or sound waves, to pass through.
- similar words:
- impenetrable, impervious
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| definition 3: |
having a flat, dull appearance.
They used an opaque varnish rather than the shiny type.- synonyms:
- dull, matte
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| definition 4: |
not easily understood; unclear.
He gave an opaque explanation that was little help to most of the students.- synonyms:
- abstruse, murky, obscure, unclear
- antonyms:
- clear, comprehensible, limpid
- similar words:
- cryptic, hazy, incomprehensible, recondite, unintelligible, vague
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| related words: |
dim, dull, murky, turbid |
adverb + (adj.)opaque
barely, completely, evenly, increasingly, largely, nearly, notoriously, occasionally, simultaneously, somewhat, strangely, totally
(adj.)opaque
+ adverb
through, throughout
(adj.)opaque
+ noun
appearance,
bead,
black,
blue,
bottle,
cloud,
coat,
color,
container,
covering,
crystal,
curtain,
darkness,
dirt,
disk,
dust,
egg,
enamel,
fabric,
flake,
fluid,
fog,
glass,
glaze,
helmet,
hose,
hue,
jargon,
light,
mask,
material,
matte,
medium,
metal,
minute,
nail,
object,
outsider,
paint,
passage,
pastel,
pigment,
plastic,
platform,
projector,
radiation,
red,
shade,
shadow,
sheet,
shell,
shower,
silicon,
stain,
stocking,
surface,
technique,
tights,
veneer,
watercolor,
white,
whiteness,
window,
x-ray
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
something that is opaque.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
opaques, opaquing, opaqued |
| definition: |
to cause to be or become opaque.
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| related words: |
shade |
| derivations: |
opaquely (adv.), opaqueness (n.) |
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