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Synonyms for vague
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Wiktionary
vagueadjective
vagueadjective
not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
vagueadjective
not having a precise meaning.
a vague term of abuse
vagueadjective
not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
vagueadjective
not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
a vague longing
vagueadjective
not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
vagueadjective
lacking expression; vacant.
vagueadjective
not sharply outlined; hazy.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
vague
Synonyms:
ambiguous, cloudy, dim, dubious, foggy, indistinct, mysterious, obscure, opaque, turbid, unintelligibleAntonyms:
apparent, clear, diaphanous, distinct, evident, explicit, intelligible, limpid, lucid, manifest, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, straightforward, translucent, transparent, unadorned, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
vague
Synonyms:
general, lax, indefinite, undetermined, popular, intangible, equivocal, unsettled, uncertain, ill-defined, pointlessAntonyms:
strict, definite, determined, limited, scientific, pointed, specific
Princeton's WordNet
obscure, vagueadjective
not clearly understood or expressed
"an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
Synonyms:
unnoticeable, dark, hidden, faint, shadowy, unknown, apart(p), dim, isolated, undefined, wispy, obscure, unsungundefined, vagueadjective
not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
"an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective
lacking clarity or distinctness
"a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
Synonyms:
weak, shady, dull, dim, wraithlike, dumb, shadowed, dense, faint-hearted, timid, undefined, swooning, dimmed, black, umbrageous, fainthearted, subdued, feeble, faint, lightheaded, obscure, wispy, obtuse, light, shadowy, light-headed, wisplike, bleak, slow
Editors Contribution
bair
barely, rarely, nearly, somewhat, scarcely, merely,
Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
vagueadjective
Synonyms:
uncertain, ambiguous, dim, doubtful, obscure, undetermined, indefinite, indistinct, unsettled, loose, lax, unfixed, not precise, not exact
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
vagueadjective
Synonyms:
indefinite, ambiguous, obscure, uncertain, groundless, hazy, indistinct
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#191 | general | |
#271 | black | |
#613 | light | |
#675 | popular | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1702 | unknown | |
#2901 | slow | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#3233 | wave | |
#4709 | cloudy | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5735 | waves | |
#6462 | isolated | |
#6529 | undefined | |
#8252 | tide | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#9748 | fuzzy | |
#9770 | dense | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12929 | unclear | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#14437 | vague | |
#14685 | inaccurate | |
#15135 | faint | |
#17068 | lax | |
#17229 | shady | |
#17795 | ambiguous | |
#17805 | opaque | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#18985 | intangible | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#22231 | indefinite | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#23615 | blurred | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#28212 | undetermined | |
#30789 | subdued | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#32292 | foggy | |
#33672 | timid | |
#35876 | hazy | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#40835 | unsettled | |
#43548 | woolly | |
#44274 | sketchy | |
#44681 | evasive | |
#44761 | unsung | |
#45217 | unintelligible | |
#46015 | shadowed | |
#48006 | spate | |
#53910 | imprecise | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#57407 | vagueness | |
#60370 | dimmed | |
#67973 | indistinct | |
#70807 | equivocal | |
#88701 | turbid | |
#89982 | wispy | |
#122874 | lightheaded | |
#133057 | swooning | |
#136654 | unspecific | |
#146622 | unnoticeable | |
#251834 | fainthearted |
How to use vague in a sentence?
People say, I want to come to the Maldives for 10 days and will do two posts on Instagram to like 2000 followers, it’s people with 600 Facebook friends saying, ‘Hi, I’m an influencer, I want to stay in your hotel for seven days.' Jones said she receives often very vague requests, and usually at least six each day. These people are expecting five to seven nights on average, all inclusive. Maldives is not a cheap destination. SILVER AIRWAYS PASSENGERS CATCH COUPLE HAVING SEX IN SEATS BEHIND THEM So common are deals being sought by travel bloggers that many luxury hotels have taken to outlining their criteria online. The stunning villas of the Hurawalhi Island Resort in the Maldives are as picturesque as any other. On the resort’s website, there is a section specifically aimed at influencers. In it, resort management declares exactly what it’s looking for ... and what it’s not.
The record evidence demonstrates that Harvard's race-based admissions process significantly disadvantages Asian-American applicants compared to applicants of other racial groups -- including both white applicants and applicants from other racial minority groups, the evidence, moreover, shows that Harvard provides no meaningful criteria to cabin its use of race ; uses a vague' personal rating' that harms Asian-American applicants' chances for admission and may be infected with racial bias ; engages in unlawful racial balancing ; and has never seriously considered race-neutral alternatives in its more than 45 years of using race to make admissions decisions.
Like everyday of stock market sharp fall , SBI securities had made its web trading platform pages vague and unresponsive and even its mobile app was disabled ,so that traders are not able to sell their shares and even internet outage took place between 2:55 to 3:17 pm. What a perfect game to loot traders invested money
Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaces by vague ritual.
That fight shows up in three of the Court's four decisions from Monday -- and is, in many ways, a sign of the times, as Supreme Court confronts an increasingly polarized Congress that, for various reasons, may be more likely to write vague statutes than clear ones.
Translations for vague
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- مشاكلArabic
- неясенBulgarian
- vagueCatalan, Valencian
- vágníCzech
- unklar, ungewiss, nebelhaft, verschwommen, schwach, undeutlich, vage, ungenauGerman
- αόριστος, ασαφήςGreek
- svagaEsperanto
- vago, imprecisoSpanish
- ebaselge, ebamäärane, ähmaneEstonian
- مبهمPersian
- hämärä, epätarkka, epäselvä, epämääräinen, ympäripyöreäFinnish
- vagueFrench
- עמום, לא ברור, מעורפלHebrew
- अस्पष्टHindi
- vagoItalian
- 漠然Japanese
- 흐리다Korean
- hākirikiriMāori
- неодреден, нејасен, магловитMacedonian
- vaagDutch
- niejasnyPolish
- vagoPortuguese
- неясный, нечёткий, расплывчатый, неопределённыйRussian
- vag, oklarSwedish
- คลุมเครือThai
- muğlak, şüpheli, üstü kapalı, müphem, karanlık, belirsiz, anlaşılmaz, bulanıkTurkish
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