A few indistinct groans could be heard from the back seat.
Source: tatoeba (9034288)
Indistinct
//ˌɪndɪsˈtɪŋkt//
Synonyms for "indistinct" (179 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (89)
indistinguishableinexactinseparableinterchangeablelaxlightlispinglooselowlow profilelow-profilemerely glimpsedmispronouncedmistymuddymuffledmurkymurmuredmuzzynasal
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nebulosenebulousneutralnonspecificobscureopaqueorderlessout of focuspalepianissimopianoquaveringrandomscarcely heardsemivisibleshadowed forthshadyshakingshakyshapelesssix of one and half a dozen of the othersketchysnufflingsoftsoft-soundingsoft-voicedstandardstereotypedstifledstochasticstrangledsubaudiblesubduedsweepingthickthroatytranscendenttremuloustwangyuncertainunclearundefinedundestinedundeterminedundifferentiatedundiscriminatedundistinguishableundistinguisheduniformunintelligibleunplainunrecognizableunspecifiedvaguevelarweakweak-voicedwhisperedwithout distinction
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12 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
33 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀσαφής adj (not clearly defined)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неясен adj (not clearly defined)
- неясен adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
- смътен adj (not clearly defined)
Catalan
1 entries- indistint adj (not clearly defined)
Czech
1 entries- nezřetelný adj (not clearly defined)
Galician
1 entries- indistinto adj (not clearly defined)
Greek
3 entries- αμυδρός adj (not clearly defined)
- δυσδιάκριτος adj (not clearly defined)
- δυσδιάκριτος adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
Latin
1 entries- indistinctus adj (not clearly defined)
Māori
4 entries- makaro adj (not clearly defined)
- mārearea adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
- mōnehunehu adj (not clearly defined)
- mōnenehu adj (not clearly defined)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاغر adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
Polish
1 entries- niewyraźny adj (not clearly defined)
Portuguese
1 entries- indistinto adj (not clearly defined)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कल adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
Spanish
1 entries- indistinto adj (not clearly defined)
Swedish
3 entries- diffus adj (not clearly defined)
- oklar adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
- vag adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
Thai
3 entries- คลุมเครือ adj (not clearly defined)
- พร่า adj (not clearly defined)
- พร่า adj (difficult to understand (of speech))
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
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)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.