FOG Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

fog 1 of 2

noun

ˈfȯg

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as in daze

a state of mental confusion didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog

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as in haze

an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency the fog lifted once the sun was out

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as in confusion

a state of mental uncertainty I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news

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fog

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verb

as in to confuse

to make (something) unclear to the understanding extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue

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as in to obscure

to make dark, dim, or indistinct time will fog memories

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Recent Examples of fog

Noun

In the fog of sudden loss, they were left searching for a dog that meant the world to a grieving child. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026 Over-the-counter pesticides and fogs will not do the job. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026

Verb

While coastal spaces often lean on a blue and white color palette, Markatos Lowe likes to think outside the box with unexpected shades that still speak to the setting, such as soft grays that nod to fog or the greens, aquas, and ambers found in sea glass. —

Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026 De-Fog Mirrors Before getting in the shower and using shampoo on your hair, use shampoo to prevent your bathroom mirror from fogging up from the shower’s humidity. —

Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fog

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Noun

In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
And there’s still almost an hour of film left to go, in which everyone, including the audience, is in a sort of hallucinatory, post traumatic daze — but even the relative comfort of that won’t last long.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026