Illuminate and Obscure

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Illuminate

Illuminate verb - To supply with light.
Usage example: a floor lamp illuminates a living room rather nicely
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Obscure is an antonym for illuminate in topics: explain, light up, educate, make light.
Nearby Words: illumination, illumine, illuminating, illumined, illuminative

Obscure

Obscure verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else
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Illuminate is an antonym for obscure in conceal topic.
Nearby Words: obscured, obscurity, obscurely, obscuring, obscuration
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Common collocations

truth illuminate truth obscure truth
fact illuminate fact obscure fact
room illuminate room obscure room
path illuminate path obscure path
Other words: face, features, screen.

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / 52 This is alleviated to a certain degree by the collected volumes of the series, which included creators' notes at the end of each week that tended to illuminate various parts of that week's chapter (including some of the more obscure references).
    Source: Comic Book / 52
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