OBFUSCATED Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

obfuscated 1 of 2

adjective

as in ambiguous

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verb

past tense of obfuscate

as in confused

to make (something) unclear to the understanding irrelevant matters that only serve to obfuscate the fundamental issue of guilt or innocence

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Recent Examples of obfuscated

Adjective

Ramirez’s temporary leave of absence and concurrent explanation take place on the heels of other more obfuscated medical leaves that have unfolded this summer. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 The packages execute an obfuscated payload that can run during the npm install process, which occurs before a developer imports or actually uses the package in a production environment. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 The initial script is heavily obfuscated to avoid detection by antivirus tools. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026 Crucially, there are real-world exploits like University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Imprompter, which had nearly an 80% success rate in extracting personal data via obfuscated prompts. — Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Verb

Throughout the history of the game, as concerned parties sought evidence, some of football’s most powerful protectors obfuscated the problem. — Emily Harrison, STAT, 31 Aug. 2026 For around five years, Rodriguez and Perez allegedly obfuscated the various thefts as miscellaneous business expenses. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 In Eddington, Aster examines the absurdity of our present moment, further obfuscated by its mediation through screens. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 As in the plays of William Shakespeare, Stoppard’s authorial point of view was intentionally obfuscated. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 From here, things get hazy because the details are missing—or at least highly obfuscated. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 No wonder the numbers are obfuscated. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 Crypto transactions are recorded on a ledger that anyone can see and cannot be altered or obfuscated. — Nic Puckrin, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 Every moment of euphoria is obfuscated by distortion, every pop impulse is undercut by squealing dissonance. — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for obfuscated

Adjective

Jones, Cullen and Locke are pleased to hear how effective the ambiguous ending to Black Church Bay is.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
That’s a question for next season, but their flirtation has been built around Sid’s ambiguous motives from the beginning.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambiguous

Adjective

Here’s a prime example of a more cryptic style of clue that sometimes pops up in late-week puzzles.

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Kermode was curious, if not slightly annoyed about all this cryptic communication and the request for a secret rendezvous.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of cryptic

Adjective

But Sung, Bennett and Miller stayed his order, finding that the California deployment could go forward under an obscure and virtually untested subsection of the law.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The area sits within the Lake Superior clay plain, where the surrounding soil is largely composed of clay, which can make the water murky and obscure objects beneath the surface.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscure

Verb

Their decisions may be complicated by elections in Israel and the US, which could kickstart a return to conflict in the Middle East and drive energy prices even higher.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Bussard cares for her 42-year-old son, Alex, who has complicated medical needs since surviving a brain tumor and brain hemorrhage.

— Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of complicated

Adjective

All the power of the government — investigative, technological, legal — has been thrown at finding these mysterious, diabolically clever ballot baddies.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
After all, what better place to reveal the mysterious professor’s identity than in the very magazine responsible for making the fictional detective an international sensation?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of mysterious

Adjective

In May 2025, NPR reported, citing two sources with direct knowledge, that Holmes had been advising Evans from prison, though the nature of that advice was unclear.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
How that list would be compiled, and by whom, and under what criteria, was left unclear.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

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