blot out

1. 1.

   make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

   “a hidden message”

   “a veiled threat”

   Synonymsobscureobliterateveilhide

   Broaderchange

   Narrowermystify

Questions about blot out

What does blot out mean?

blot out means "make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing".

What is another word for blot out?

Close synonyms include obscure, obliterate, veil, hide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blot out a common word?

blot out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.