nebulous

Meaning of nebulous

adjective
  1. in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
    a giant nebulous glow
  2. (of a concept) vague or ill-defined.
    nebulous concepts like quality of life

late Middle English (in the sense ‘cloudy’): from French nébuleux or Latin nebulosus, from nebula ‘mist’. nebulous (sense 2 of the adjective) dates from the early 19th century.

Information about nebulous

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of nebulous

neb-u-lous

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • nebulous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

nebulous synonyms

Meaning cloudy:

cloudy, nebulose

Meaning nebular:

nebular

Meaning unfixed:

unfixed

Meaning not clear or sharply defined:

indistinct

Meaning not clearly expressed or defined; vague:

indefinite

Meaning not obvious or definite; ambiguous:

unclear

Meaning of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning:

vague

Meaning vague or ill-defined:

hazy

Meaning difficult to perceive; indistinct or vague:

fuzzy

Meaning full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist:

misty

Meaning unable to see or be seen clearly:

blurred

Meaning not clearly or distinctly visible or audible:

blurry

Meaning full of or characterized by fog:

foggy

Meaning (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible:

faint

Meaning of uncertain identity or nature:

shadowy

Meaning (of an object or shape) made difficult to see by darkness, shade, or distance:

dim

Meaning hard to define; vague:

obscure

Meaning (especially of a garment) lacking a distinctive or attractive shape:

shapeless

Meaning without a clear or definite shape or structure:

formless

Meaning without a definite form or shape:

unformed

Meaning without a clearly defined shape or form:

amorphous

Meaning not able to be relied on; not known or definite:

uncertain

Meaning not exactly known, established, or defined:

indeterminate

Meaning lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail:

imprecise

Meaning not arranged in order; untidy:

muddled

Meaning (of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered:

confused

Meaning open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning:

ambiguous

Meaning just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary:

inchoate

Meaning (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand:

opaque

Meaning covered in or full of mud:

muddy

nebulous antonyms

Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:

clear

Words that rhyme with nebulous

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