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vague
Synonyms and Antonyms of vague
- He gave as vague a reply as he could, hoping not to give away the surprise.
ambiguous, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, murky, nebulous, obscure, unintelligible
bleary, blurry, dim, faint, foggy, gauzy, hazy, misty, woozy
indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, uncertain, undefinable, undefined, undetermined
inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious
baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, mystifying, obfuscatory, perplexing, puzzling, unfathomable
- I have only a vague idea of what you're talking about!
Synonym Discussion of vague
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- obscure poems
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- muttered dark hints of revenge
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- a vague sense of obligation
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- enigmatic occult writings
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- cryptic hints of hidden treasure
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- an ambiguous directive
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- moral precepts with equivocal phrasing
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