What is another word for vague?
817 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ vˈe͡ɪɡ], [ vˈeɪɡ], [ v_ˈeɪ_ɡ]
The word "vague" relates to a concept or idea that is not clearly defined or expressed. Synonyms for this word include ambiguous, unclear, uncertain, indistinct, and hazy. Other related words include nebulous, elusive, fuzzy, murky, and obscure. These words can be used interchangeably to convey a lack of clarity, specificity, or precision in understanding or communicating a particular concept. Although these words have similar meanings, they can be used differently depending on the context and tone of the sentence. Choosing the right synonym can help to add depth and clarity to your writing and improve the overall impact of your message.
Synonyms for Vague:
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adj.
• airy • dark- Atramentous ,
- aphotic ,
- cimmerian ,
- crepuscular ,
- dun ,
- ill-lighted ,
- lightless ,
- pitch dark ,
- pitch-dark ,
- rayless ,
- stygian ,
- unlighted ,
- unlit ,
- drab ,
- dusk ,
- obfuscous ,
- overcast ,
- pitch black ,
- somber .
- dim .
- bleary ,
- cloudy ,
- filmy ,
- half-lit ,
- hazy ,
- mater ,
- murky ,
- poorly lit ,
- unilluminated .
- Amphibological ,
- ambivalent ,
- clear as mud ,
- double entendre ,
- double-entendre ,
- misleading ,
- muzzy ,
- unexplicit ,
- with mixed feelings .
- Inobservant ,
- Unobserving ,
- off guard ,
- undiscerning ,
- unnoticing ,
- unperceiving ,
- unwatchful ,
- faraway ,
- neglectful ,
- out to lunch ,
- unconscious ,
- unheeding ,
- unmindful .
- Middle-ground ,
- buttoned up ,
- clammed up ,
- non-committal ,
- on-the-fence ,
- unrevealing ,
- even steven ,
- even-steven .
- Gossamery ,
- Non-existent ,
- few and far between ,
- passed on ,
- ungrounded ,
- without foundation ,
- Perished ,
- null and void ,
- passed away .
- amorphic ,
- assymetrical ,
- ill-formed ,
- mis-shapen ,
- unshaped ,
- unshapely ,
- without character ,
- without form ,
- malformed ,
- unsymmetrical .
- arguable ,
- changeable ,
- confused ,
- controversial ,
- debatable ,
- deniable ,
- disputable ,
- moot ,
- mysterious ,
- precarious ,
- tentative ,
- unconvinced ,
- unfixed ,
- unsure ,
- up for grabs ,
- hanging by a thread .
- greek me ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- involved ,
- most enigmatic ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- puzzling ,
- un fathomable ,
- un-fathomable .
- in definite ,
- in determinate ,
- in-definite ,
- in-determinate ,
- more multivocal ,
- more polysemous ,
- most multivocal ,
- most polysemous ,
- multi vocal ,
- multi-vocal .
- blobbier ,
- blobbiest ,
- in choate ,
- in-choate ,
- irregular ,
- more characterless ,
- most characterless ,
- un formed ,
- un structured ,
- un-formed ,
- un-structured .
- empty ,
- impassive ,
- in expressive ,
- in scrutable ,
- in-expressive ,
- in-scrutable ,
- lifeless ,
- more masklike ,
- more poker faced ,
- more poker-faced ,
- more unexpressive ,
- most masklike ,
- most poker faced ,
- most poker-faced ,
- most unexpressive ,
- poker faced ,
- un communicative ,
- un expressive ,
- un-communicative ,
- un-expressive .
- in explicable ,
- in-explicable ,
- more delphian ,
- more delphic ,
- more uninformative ,
- most delphian ,
- most delphic ,
- most uninformative ,
- mystifying ,
- un informative ,
- un-informative .
- co pious ,
- co-pious ,
- dis cursive ,
- dis-cursive ,
- long winded ,
- meandering ,
- more circumlocutory ,
- more diffusive ,
- more palaverous ,
- more waffling ,
- most circumlocutory ,
- most diffusive ,
- most palaverous ,
- most waffling ,
- pro fuse ,
- pro-fuse ,
- profuse .
- introspective ,
- more daydreaming ,
- more introvertive ,
- more lulling ,
- more phantasmagorical ,
- more relaxing ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most introvertive ,
- most lulling ,
- most phantasmagorical ,
- most relaxing ,
- out of world ,
- out this world ,
- out world ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre-occupied ,
- preoccupied ,
- soothing ,
- un real ,
- un substantial ,
- un-real ,
- un-substantial ,
- visionary .
- fainter ,
- faroff ,
- in audible ,
- in-audible ,
- low pitched ,
- lowpitched ,
- more aside ,
- more bated ,
- more bleached ,
- more deadened ,
- more faltering ,
- more murmuring ,
- more muttering ,
- more piano ,
- more softened ,
- more stifled ,
- most aside ,
- most bated ,
- most bleached ,
- most deadened ,
- most faltering ,
- most murmuring ,
- most muttering ,
- most piano ,
- most softened ,
- most stifled ,
- out earshot ,
- re-mote .
- more pea soupy ,
- more pea-soupy ,
- more peasoupy ,
- more zero zero ,
- more zero-zero ,
- more zerozero ,
- most pea soupy ,
- most pea-soupy ,
- most peasoupy ,
- most zero zero ,
- most zero-zero ,
- most zerozero ,
- mushy ,
- pea soupy ,
- peasoupy ,
- smazier ,
- smaziest ,
- zero zero ,
- zerozero .
- in accurate ,
- in-accurate ,
- more imprecise ,
- more undetailed ,
- more unspecific ,
- most imprecise ,
- most undetailed ,
- most unspecific ,
- un detailed ,
- un specific ,
- un-detailed ,
- un-specific .
- Tranced ,
- fumier ,
- fumiest ,
- more bleared ,
- more fuliginous ,
- more obfuscated ,
- more tranced ,
- most bleared ,
- most fuliginous ,
- most obfuscated ,
- most tranced ,
- rimier ,
- rimiest ,
- rimy ,
- steaming ,
- stuporous ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- Postulated ,
- hypo thetical ,
- hypo-thetical ,
- hypothetical ,
- more concocted ,
- more conjecturable ,
- more contestable ,
- more postulated ,
- more presupposed ,
- more pretending ,
- more refutable ,
- more stochastic ,
- more unconfirmed ,
- most concocted ,
- most conjecturable ,
- most contestable ,
- most postulated ,
- most presupposed ,
- most pretending ,
- most refutable ,
- most stochastic ,
- most unconfirmed ,
- pre supposed ,
- pre tending ,
- pre-supposed ,
- pre-tending ,
- provisory ,
- putative ,
- stochastic ,
- un confirmed ,
- un-confirmed ,
- unconfirmed .
- dis embodied ,
- dis-embodied ,
- in corporeal ,
- in sensible ,
- in substantial ,
- in-corporeal ,
- in-sensible ,
- in-substantial ,
- more unapparent ,
- more unperceivable ,
- most unapparent ,
- most unperceivable ,
- un apparent ,
- un perceivable ,
- un-apparent ,
- un-perceivable ,
- unapparent .
- evanescent ,
- gradual ,
- in considerable ,
- in conspicuous ,
- in distinguishable ,
- in significant ,
- in visible ,
- in-considerable ,
- in-conspicuous ,
- in-distinguishable ,
- in-significant ,
- in-visible ,
- inconsiderable ,
- more undetectable ,
- most undetectable ,
- tiny ,
- un detectable ,
- un-detectable .
- in complete ,
- in conclusive ,
- in decisive ,
- in-complete ,
- in-conclusive ,
- in-decisive ,
- incomplete ,
- more unfateful ,
- most unfateful ,
- un convincing ,
- un eventful ,
- un fateful ,
- un finished ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un settled ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-eventful ,
- un-fateful ,
- un-finished ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-settled ,
- unfateful .
- Unpoised ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more choked ,
- more questioning ,
- more unassured ,
- more unconfident ,
- more unpoised ,
- most choked ,
- most questioning ,
- most unassured ,
- most unconfident ,
- most unpoised ,
- touch go ,
- un assured ,
- un confident ,
- un poised ,
- un sure ,
- un-assured ,
- un-confident ,
- un-poised ,
- un-sure ,
- up air ,
- up in air ,
- up the air ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- asleep job ,
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- devil may care ,
- dis regardful ,
- dis-regardful ,
- lax ,
- more nonspecific ,
- more overindulgent ,
- most nonspecific ,
- most overindulgent ,
- non specific ,
- over indulgent ,
- over-indulgent .
- bewildering ,
- blurred ,
- dreamlike ,
- dubious ,
- enigmatic ,
- generalized ,
- indeterminate ,
- inexplicable ,
- misunderstood ,
- muddy ,
- perplexing ,
- problematic ,
- superficial ,
- unknown .
- around circles ,
- going nowhere ,
- in effective ,
- in effectual ,
- in-effective ,
- in-effectual ,
- more nongermane ,
- most nongermane ,
- needle haystack ,
- non germane ,
- un availing ,
- un necessary ,
- un productive ,
- un profitable ,
- un-availing ,
- un-necessary ,
- un-productive ,
- un-profitable .
- dubitable ,
- hard believe ,
- more controvertible ,
- more paradoxical ,
- more unproven ,
- most controvertible ,
- most paradoxical ,
- most unproven ,
- open doubt ,
- pro visional ,
- un proven ,
- un reliable ,
- un-proven ,
- un-reliable .
- as premise ,
- formularized ,
- in abstract ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more codified ,
- more formalistic ,
- more formularized ,
- more idealized ,
- more ideational ,
- more ideological ,
- more instanced ,
- more presumed ,
- most codified ,
- most formalistic ,
- most formularized ,
- most idealized ,
- most ideational ,
- most ideological ,
- most instanced ,
- most presumed ,
- notional ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un proved ,
- un substantiated ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-proved ,
- un-substantiated ,
- unproved .
- betwixt between ,
- hemming hawing ,
- in middle ,
- in the middle ,
- more dithering ,
- more pendent ,
- most dithering ,
- on fence ,
- running hot cold ,
- un committed ,
- un decided ,
- un-committed ,
- un-decided ,
- wishy washy ,
- wishywashy .
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n.
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- Two-edged ,
- ambiguity ,
- double-edged ,
- hollow ,
- nonsense .
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- inconspicuous ,
- subtle .
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- blear .
Other synonyms:
- blank ,
- dreamy ,
- general ,
- invisible ,
- unresolved .
- fuzzy .
- unsettled .
Other relevant words:
• ambiguous
• general
• ideological
• illegible
• imperceptible
• inaccurate
• indefinite
- odd .
- Conjecturable ,
- Controvertible ,
- Fuliginous ,
- Fumy ,
- Halituous ,
- Indistinctive ,
- Multivocal ,
- Shrouded ,
- abstruse ,
- ambiguous ,
- amorphous ,
- any way ,
- around in circles ,
- as a premise ,
- asleep on job ,
- behindhand ,
- betwixt and between ,
- blearer ,
- blobby ,
- ceiling zero ,
- characterless ,
- circumlocutory ,
- clear as dishwater ,
- closed in ,
- clouded ,
- contestable ,
- cryptic ,
- dark ,
- dewier ,
- dewiest ,
- dewy ,
- diffusive ,
- dithering ,
- enigmatical ,
- equivocal ,
- evasive ,
- faint ,
- far off ,
- fogged in ,
- foggy ,
- formalistic ,
- hanging by thread ,
- hard to believe ,
- hemming and hawing ,
- hot and cold ,
- ideational ,
- ideological ,
- ill-defined ,
- imperceptible ,
- imponderable ,
- imprecise ,
- in doubt ,
- in question ,
- in the abstract ,
- in theory ,
- in vicious circle ,
- inappreciable ,
- inattentive ,
- indistinct ,
- insecure ,
- intangible ,
- introvertive ,
- longwinded ,
- masklike ,
- moony ,
- needle in haystack ,
- non-germane ,
- non-specific ,
- noncommittal ,
- nondescript ,
- nonexistent ,
- nongermane ,
- nonspecific ,
- not partial ,
- not particular ,
- not pertinent ,
- not specific ,
- obscure ,
- of two minds ,
- on thin ice ,
- on treadmill ,
- open to doubt ,
- open to question ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of focus ,
- overindulgent ,
- palaverous ,
- paradoxical ,
- paying no mind ,
- pea-soupy ,
- pendent ,
- phantasmagorical ,
- pointless ,
- poker-faced ,
- polysemous ,
- problematical ,
- questionable ,
- refutable ,
- rough ,
- running hot and cold ,
- shadowy ,
- shapeless ,
- sketchy ,
- smazy ,
- socked in ,
- stacked ,
- tenebrous ,
- theoretic ,
- toneless ,
- touch and go ,
- umbral ,
- unassured ,
- uncertain ,
- unclear ,
- unconcluded ,
- unconfident ,
- undecided ,
- under advisement ,
- under examination ,
- undetailed ,
- undetectable ,
- unexpressive ,
- uninformative ,
- unintelligible ,
- unobservable ,
- unperceivable ,
- unproven ,
- unsolved ,
- unspecific ,
- zero-zero .
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How to use "Vague" in context?
Vague is one of those words that can be defined in many ways, but it generally means that something is not clear or definite. In English, vague is often used to describe something that is not specifically stated. For example, you might say that someone's explanation was quite vague. We often use vague to avoid making a decision or providing specific information.
Vague also has a figurative meaning. To be vague is to be unclear about what you want or how you want to be treated. For example, if someone asks you how you're doing, you might say that you're feeling a bit vague.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
ambiguous, blurred, equivocal, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, imprecise, indistinct, nebulous, unclear, unspecific.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
abstract, ambivalent, amorphous, clear, diffuse, diffused, dim, dubious, general, generalised, generic, grainy, indefinite, indeterminate, lax, lazy, loose, open-ended, precarious, questionable, shadowy, sweeping, unambiguous, undefined, undetermined, vacant, non-specific.
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Proper noun, singular
TIDES.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
blurry, broad, confused, confusing, elusive, empty, evasive, inaccurate, murky, mysterious, opaque, sketchy, uncertain, unequivocal, unspecified, weak, woolly.
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Proper noun, singular
mysterious.
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Adjective
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