This meeting is a waste of time. Everybody is just talking in vague theoretical terms.
Source: tatoeba (22142)
Vague
//veɪɡ//
Synonyms for "vague" (313 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (63)
Strong matches (94)
dimdisarticulateddiscontinuousdisjunctdisordereddisorderlydisperseddisproportionatedoubtfuldreamlikedreamydullemptyequivocalerraticetherealeuphemismevasiveexpressionlessfaint
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featurelessfeeblefilmyfinefine drawnfine-drawnfinespunfitfulflimsyfoggyformlessfrailfrivolousfuzzygauzygeneralgeneralizedgenericgirlishgossamergracilegratuitoushalf-seenhalf-visiblehaphazardhazyhiddenhit-or-missill-definedimmethodicalimperceptiblein doubtinaccurateinchoateincoherentinconspicuousinconstantindecisiveindefinableindefiniteindeterminableindeterminateindiscriminateindistinctindistinguishableinexactinexplicitinform
Related words (156)
Adjective(26 words)
insubstantialintangibleirregularirresolutekaleidoscopiclacylaxlightlooselow profilelow-profilelumpenmeagremealy-mouthedmeaninglessmerely glimpsedmisshapenmistymuddymurky
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mushynebulousneutralnondescriptnonspecificnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformoccultopaqueorderlessout of focuspalepaperyplanlesspromiscuouspuzzledquestionablerandomrarerarefiedroughsemivisiblesenselessshadowed forthshapelessshroudedsketchyslenderslenderishslightslight-madeslimslimmishslinkysmallspasmodicsporadicstochasticstragglingstragglysubconscioussubliminalsubtlesveltesweepingsylphlikesystemlesstenebroustenuousthinthin-bodiedthin-setthin-spunthinnishthreadliketranscendentunarrangeduncertainuncharacterizedunclassifiedundecidedundestinedundeterminedundifferentiatedundirectedunexplainedunfixedungradedunintelligibleunjoinedunmethodicalunorderedunorganizedunplainunrecognizableunresolvedunsettledunsortedunspecificunspecifiedunsubstantialunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformvacantvacillatingvacuousvaporousvaporyveiledwanderingwasp waistedwasp-waistedwateredwatered downwatered-downwaterywaveringweakwidewillowywiredrawnwishy-washywispy
Verb(1 words)
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2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
10 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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6 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμυδρός adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
Bulgarian
4 entries- неопределен adj (not having a precise meaning)
- неопределен adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- неясен adj (not clearly expressed)
- неясно изразен adj (lacking expression)
Catalan
1 entries- vague adj (not clearly expressed)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 模糊 adj (not clearly expressed)
- 糢糊 adj (not clearly expressed)
Czech
1 entries- vágní adj (not clearly expressed)
Dutch
2 entries- vaag adj (not clearly expressed)
- vaag adj (not having a precise meaning)
Esperanto
4 entries- svaga adj (not clearly expressed)
- svaga adj (not having a precise meaning)
- svaga adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- svaga adj (not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely)
Estonian
4 entries- ebamäärane adj (not having a precise meaning)
- ebamäärane adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- ebamäärane adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
- ebaselge adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
Finnish
4 entries- epämääräinen adj (not clearly expressed)
- epämääräinen adj (not having a precise meaning)
- epämääräinen adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- epämääräinen adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
French
2 entries- vague adj (not clearly expressed)
- vague adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
Galician
4 entries- difuso adj (not sharply outlined)
- impreciso adj (not clearly expressed)
- impreciso adj (not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely)
- impreciso adj (lacking expression)
Georgian
4 entries- ბუნდოვანი adj (not clearly expressed)
- ბუნდოვანი adj (not having a precise meaning)
- გაუგებარი adj (not clearly expressed)
- გაუგებარი adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
German
4 entries- leicht adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
- nebelhaft adj (not clearly expressed)
- schwach adj (not clearly expressed)
- undeutlich adj (not clearly expressed)
Greek
2 entries- ασαφής adj (not clearly expressed)
- αόριστος adj (not clearly expressed)
Hebrew
3 entries- לא ברור adj (not clearly expressed)
- מעורפל adj (not clearly expressed)
- עמום adj (not clearly expressed)
Italian
1 entries- vago adj (not clearly expressed)
Japanese
2 entries- 曖昧 adj (not clearly expressed)
- 漠然とした adj (not clearly expressed)
Kazakh
1 entries- белгісіз adj (not clearly expressed)
Korean
1 entries- 흐리다 adj (not sharply outlined)
Ladino
1 entries- indechizo adj (not clearly expressed)
Latin
1 entries- vagus adj (not clearly expressed)
Macedonian
3 entries- магловит adj (not clearly expressed)
- неодреден adj (not clearly expressed)
- нејасен adj (not clearly expressed)
Māori
4 entries- hākirikiri adj (not clearly expressed)
- hākirikiri adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- hākirikiri adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
- hārau adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
Persian
1 entries- مبهم adj (not clearly expressed)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onbestemt adj (not clearly expressed)
Polish
1 entries- niejasny adj (not clearly expressed)
Portuguese
4 entries- vago adj (not clearly expressed)
- vago adj (not having a precise meaning)
- vago adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- vago adj (not clearly felt or sensed)
Russian
4 entries- неопределённый adj (not clearly expressed)
- нечёткий adj (not clearly expressed)
- нея́сный adj (not clearly expressed)
- расплы́вчатый adj (not clearly expressed)
Spanish
4 entries- desvaído adj (not clearly expressed)
- difumado adj (not sharply outlined)
- difuminado adj (not clearly expressed)
- difuminado adj (not sharply outlined)
Swedish
2 entries- oklar adj (not clearly expressed)
- vag adj (not clearly expressed)
Turkish
4 entries- anlaşılmaz adj (not clearly expressed)
- belirsiz adj (not clearly expressed)
- bulanık adj (not clearly expressed)
- karanlık adj (not clearly expressed)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нея́сни́й adj (not clearly expressed)
- нея́сни́й adj (not sharply outlined)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mông lung adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
- mơ hồ adj (not clearly defined, grasped, or understood)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
I have a very vague idea of what you are talking about.
Source: tatoeba (24769)
It is often pointed out that a vague smile is typical of the Japanese.
Source: tatoeba (28193)
The vague rumor proved to be false.
Source: tatoeba (43250)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.