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- [veyg]
- /veɪg/
- /veɪɡ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [veyg]
- /veɪg/
Definitions of vague word
- adjective vague not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises. 1
- adjective vague indefinite or indistinct in nature or character, as ideas or feelings: a vague premonition of disaster. 1
- adjective vague not clear or distinct to the sight or any other sense; perceptible or recognizable only in an indefinite way: vague shapes in the dark; vague murmurs behind a door. 1
- adjective vague not definitely established, determined, confirmed, or known; uncertain: a vague rumor; The date of his birth is vague. 1
- adjective vague (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person. 1
- adjective vague (of the eyes, expression, etc.) showing lack of clear perception or understanding: a vague stare. 1
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Origin of vague
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; (< Middle French) < Latin vagus wandering
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Parts of speech for Vague
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vague popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vague usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vague
adj vague
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- adumbral — shadowy
- ambiguous — If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amorphous — Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure.
adjective vague
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- abstracted — Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- ballpark — A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played.
verb vague
- hazing — an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- overclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of overcloud.
Antonyms for vague
adj vague
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- annotative — to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.
- appreciable — An appreciable amount or effect is large enough to be important or clearly noticed.
adjective vague
- attestable — Able to be attested.
- bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- circumstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate.
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