Indistinct

/ˌɪndɪsˈtɪŋkt/

Synonyms for "indistinct" (205 found)

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Closest matches (41)

aleatoric aleatory alike ambiguous amorphousbarely audibleblear bleared bleary blind blobby blurred blurry breathy broad chance chancy chaotic choked choking

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clear as mudcloudy confused croaking dark decrescendo dim disordered distant drawling drawly dreamy dull dumb dysphonic

Adjective(4 words)

blurred blurrier blurriest confusing

Noun(1 words)

blurring

Adjective(1 words)

dim

Strong matches (62)

Adjective(9 words)

edgeless faintest fuzzyfuzzy controlfuzzyish hushed imperceptibleimprecise wordinginvisible boundary

equivocal faint faint-voiced feeble filmy focus foggy fuzzy general gentle guttural half-heard half-seen half-visible harsh hawking hazyhit-or-misshoarse ill-defined

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Verb(2 words)

fuzzed fuzzified

Noun(2 words)

fuzzifyingfuzzy logics

Adjective(6 words)

fuzzy hazy ill-defined ill-marked indefinite indistinguishable

Related words (102)

lowlow profilelow-profilemerely glimpsedmispronounced misty muddy muffled murky murmured muzzy nasal nebulous neutral nonspecific obscure opaque orderlessout of focuspale

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pianissimo piano quavering randomscarcely heardsemivisibleshadowed forthshadowy shady shaking shaky shapelesssix of one and half a dozen of the othersketchy snuffling soft soft-sounding soft-voiced standard stereotyped stifled stochastic strangled subaudible subdued sweeping thick throaty transcendent tremulous twangy uncertain unclear undefined undestined undetermined undifferentiated undiscriminated undistinguishable undistinguished uniform unintelligible unplain unrecognizable unspecified vague veiled velar weak weak-voiced whisperedwithout distinction

Noun(7 words)

more unclearmost amorphousmumblingmumbling phrasescumbling slurringslurring sounds

Adjective(16 words)

muffledmumbling tonemuted nebulous nondescript obscure opaquer smudgy soft unclearunclear speechunclear termsunclear vowelsvaguevague termsvaguer

Verb(3 words)

mumbled slurred uncharacterizing

Adjective(4 words)

muzzy obscure undefined vague

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

3 entries

ambiguous ideasound qualityunclear

More specific

6 entries

blurred edgefaint featuremuffled tonemuted murmurnebulous ideavague note

Collocations

6 entries

indistinct colorindistinct featuresindistinct memoryindistinct outlineindistinct shapeindistinct voice

Inflections

2 entries

more indistinctmost indistinct

Derivations

2 entries

indistinctly indistinctness

Antonyms

1 entries

distinct

similar

19 entries

bedimmed bleary blurred blurry cloudy dim faint foggy fuzzy hazy indefinite muzzy nebulose nebulous shadowy unclear

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Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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A few indistinct groans could be heard from the back seat.

Source: tatoeba (9034288)

After a few minutes I thought I heard an indistinct murmuring.

Source: tatoeba (9490098)

The outline is indistinct, but it looks like the silhouette of a man.

Source: tatoeba (10544692)

The squamosal bears an indistinct, gently curved ridge.

Source: tatoeba (10652490)

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