Synonyms for Nebulous

Synonyms for "nebulous" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Adjective(5 words)

cloudy ambiguousamorphous solidcloudiest cloudlike

abstract amorphous anagalactic asteroidal astral astrologic astrologistic astrologous astronomic astronomical astrophysical bland blind blurred broad castellatus celestial circumplanetary cirrose cirrous

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cislunarclear as mudcloud-flecked clouded cloudy

Adjective(3 words)

cloudish cloudlike cloudly

Strong matches (48)

Adjective(7 words)

cloudy foggy foglike fumid hazed hazy infumated

collective cryptic cumuliform cumulous cynthian dark dim dirty empyreal empyrean equinoctial extragalactic faint featureless foggy fuzzy galactic general generalized generic

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gloomy hazy heavenly heavy heliacal ill-defined indefinite indeterminate indistinct intercosmic interplanetary intersidereal interstellar

Adjective(7 words)

foggyfuzzy controlhazy imprecise indefinite indistinctindistinct speech

Noun(1 words)

fugitive

Related words (81)

lenticularis lunar lunary lunate lunular lunulate mammatus meteoric meteoritic misty muddy murky nebular nebulose neutral nimbose nonspecific nubilous obscure opaque

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Adjective(9 words)

mistlike misty muzzy nebulose roky smokelike smoky turbid vaporous

Noun(2 words)

most ambiguousnebcin

Adjective(12 words)

nebular nebulose obscure unclearunclear dataunfixed vaguevague argumentvague claimvague reasoningvaguer vaguest

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

astronomical descriptordescriptive adjectivedescriptive termqualitative descriptor

More specific

9 entries

ambiguous modifierambiguous standarddust cloudfuzzy boundarygas cloudindistinct ruleplasma cloudunclear termvague descriptor

Collocations

5 entries

nebulous conceptnebulous descriptionnebulous ideanebulous reasoningnebulous term

Inflections

2 entries

more nebulousmost nebulous

Derivations

3 entries

nebulosity nebulously nebulousness

similar

2 entries

indefinite indistinct

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Slowly she disappeared in the nebulous woods.

Source: tatoeba (2792597)

English is full of ambiguous, nebulous phonemes, so English-language pop music attracts many who like such sounds.

Source: tatoeba (9017144)

His explanations are generally very nebulous.

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That sentence is neither beautiful nor ugly. It's nebulous.

Source: tatoeba (9670936)

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Nebulous