UNOBVIOUS Synonyms

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

• secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed

• a flock of coots

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

• unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

• heedful of potential consequences

• difficult to describe

• skillful at eluding capture

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• not accessible to view

• designed to elude detection

• difficult to find

• not admitting of penetration or passage into or through

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• impossible to understand

• not prominent or readily noticeable

• not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance

• having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex

• of uncertain or ambiguous nature

• (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved

• not leading to a definite ending or result

• not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand

• of an obscure nature

• of an obscure nature

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

• able to make fine distinctions

• working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

• poorly stated or described

• not clear to the mind

• not easily deciphered