ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsNnebulous
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nebulous
Meaning: vague or poorly defined
nebulous in a sentence
How nebulous is used in real sentences:
The candidate offered only a nebulous plan for reducing traffic.
Her goals remained nebulous until she set deadlines and listed specific tasks.
“Whenever an original sentence left responsibility nebulous, Mara preserved the uncertainty but added no haze of her own.”
— from the passage The Unsmoothed Voice
Synonyms for nebulous
Other words for nebulous — unclear, indistinct and ambiguous — carry the same meaning.
- unclear
- indistinct
- ambiguous
Antonyms of nebulous
Words that mean the opposite of nebulous:
Where it comes from
From Latin nebula, meaning 'mist or cloud.'
Memory hook
NEBULOUS begins like nebula: a cloudy, unclear idea is nebulous.