OCCULTED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

occulted

verb

past tense of occult

as in concealed

to keep secret or shut off from view occulted their house from prying eyes by planting large trees around it the actor's private life had long been occulted by a contrived public persona

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Recent Examples of occulted There’s rarely anything as straightforward as a kick drum, a hi-hat, or even a bassline here; instead, everything is smeared, all origins occulted in a thicket of echoes and reflections. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026 In fact, the speedy planet is occulted (hidden) by the sun's disk, but of course, this event is unobservable. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 May 2026

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The original complaint cited those reports in arguing that Meta’s privacy marketing concealed the existence of a human-review pipeline.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
That's because the sink and invisible dual-burner induction cooktop are concealed below a sliding top that works just like a bar or table when retracted.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of concealed

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Many of her photographs were attributed to Capa, which obscured her contribution once Friedmann adopted the name for himself alone.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
In the years since Shakur's murder, what exactly happened in that hail of bullets -- and who pulled the trigger -- was obscured by a lack of physical evidence, feuding cops and the gangland code of silence.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

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When women tried to march for their rights, they were violently suppressed, and by 2023, nearly all those in Afghan jails were political prisoners, and many were tortured.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
Hong Kong's independent bookstores, many of them tucked away from busy streets inside buildings, have long offered a refuge and a window to a freer world for some mainland Chinese readers seeking ideas suppressed at home.

— KANIS LEUNG, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

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