Open
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Open adjective – Allowing passage without obstruction. Subtle is an antonym for open.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener
Antonyms for Open
Subtle
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Subtle adjective – Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means. Usage example: used subtle methods of persuasion
Open is an antonym for subtle in topics: nice, clever.
Nearby Words: subtlety, subtly, subtleness
Antonyms for Subtle
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Foreshadowing: A subtle one, at the start, the 3 wives' initial reaction to the letter before it's open.Lora Mae: Open it up.
Source: Film / A Letter to Three Wives - She prefers a much more subtle Deal with the Devil means of furthering her goals than the open warfare some of her underlings seem to favor.
Source: Affably Evil / Anime and Manga -
A more subtle complement to this: While Ezio was unconscious, Rodrigo had both the Staff and the Apple, but the Vault did not open for him... yet at the end, it did for Ezio.
Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed II
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