vague

Speech parts

1. vague - Noun

2. vague - Adjective

3. vague - Verb

4. vague - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To wander; to roam; to stray.

Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.

Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.

Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.

A wandering; a vagary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

uncertain ambiguous shadowy hazy undefined general confused loose obscure indefinite faint dubious dim indeterminate indistinct
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Antonyms

computable bally crystal clear just known particular
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Phrases with the word

be vague make vague vague logic vague generalization not vague vague thinking

Examples

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite. Charles Sanders Peirce

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea. Pablo Picasso

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. Alexis de Tocqueville

In the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful. Sherwood Anderson

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. John Updike

Close letter words and terms

vagrantness vagrate vagrom vague generalization vague logic vague statement