Synonyms for cloudy
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Covered with or characterised by clouds.
Related words
- Word family
- cloudiness
- Other spellings
- clowdy
Example sentences
- foggy In the afternoon the weather became wet and foggy.
- hazy She felt weary and the world seemed a little hazy.
- clouded Layla's mental reasoning became clouded.
- turbid The pond’s turbid water hid the lurking fish.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cloudy | steady | |
| foggy | rising | |
| hazy | rising | |
| clouded | rising | |
| turbid | falling | |
| overclouded | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- dark1, dull1, hazy2
- 5 letters
- heavy2, dirty2, dense1, muddy2, misty2, foggy2, murky2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, opaque2, sullen2, turbid2
- 7 letters
- obscure2, clouded2
- 8 letters
- lowering3, nebulous3, vaporous
- 10 letters
- indistinct3
- 11 letters
- overclouded
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).