Synonyms for unclear
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Illegible
2. Vague — ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation
vague, ambiguous, ill-defined, equivocal, obscure, indistinct, evasive, clouded, blurred, fuzzy, amorphous, thick, uncertain, murky, undefined, hazy, indeterminate, indefinite, dim
Definitions
- adj. 1
Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.
The remark she made comparing her life with that of a fish was unclear.
- adj. 2
Not clearly or explicitly defined.
Related words
- Word family
- unclearness
Example sentences
- vague I deal in facts and figures, not vague impressions.
- ambiguous The main feature of this scheme is still ambiguous.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- hazy2
- 5 letters
- thick1, vague1, fuzzy2, murky2
- 7 letters
- obscure2, blurred1, clouded2, evasive3
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, ambiguous4, amorphous3, undefined3, illegible4, equivocal4
- 10 letters
- indefinite4, indistinct3, unreadable4
- 13 letters
- indeterminate5
- 14 letters
- indecipherable, undecipherable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).