'Nebulous' definitions:
Definition of 'nebulous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: cloudy, nebulose, nebulous]
adjective
Of or relating to or resembling a nebula; "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system" [syn: nebular, nebulous]
adjective
Lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen [syn: nebulous, unfixed]
Definition of 'Nebulous'
From: GCIDE
- Nebulous \Neb"u*lous\, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. n['e]buleux. See Nebula.]
- 1. Cloudy; hazy; misty. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. [1913 Webster] -- {Neb"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Neb"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nebulous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- amorphous,
- anagalactic,
- asteroidal,
- astral,
- astrologic,
- astrologistic,
- astrologous,
- astronomic,
- astrophysical,
- bland,
- blind,
- blurred,
- broad,
- castellatus,
- celestial,
- circumplanetary,
- cirrose,
- cirrous,
- cislunar,
- clear as mud,
- cloud-flecked,
- clouded,
- cloudy,
- collective,
- cumuliform,
- cumulous,
- Cynthian,
- dark,
- dim,
- dirty,
- empyreal,
- empyrean,
- equinoctial,
- extragalactic,
- faint,
- featureless,
- foggy,
- fuzzy,
- galactic,
- general,
- generalized,
- generic,
- gloomy,
- hazy,
- heavenly,
- heavy,
- heliacal,
- ill-defined,
- indefinite,
- indeterminate,
- indistinct,
- intercosmic,
- interplanetary,
- intersidereal,
- interstellar,
- lenticularis,
- lunar,
- lunary,
- lunate,
- lunular,
- lunulate,
- mammatus,
- meteoric,
- meteoritic,
- misty,
- muddy,
- murky,
- nebular,
- nebulose,
- neutral,
- nimbose,
- nonspecific,
- nubilous,
- obscure,
- opaque,
- overcast,
- overclouded,
- pale,
- planetal,
- planetarian,
- planetary,
- planetesimal,
- semilunar,
- shadowy,
- shapeless,
- sidereal,
- solar,
- sphery,
- squally,
- star-spangled,
- star-studded,
- starry,
- stellar,
- stellary,
- stormy,
- stratiform,
- stratous,
- terrestrial,
- thunderheaded,
- transcendent,
- turbid,
- uncharacterized,
- unclear,
- undifferentiated,
- unplain,
- unspecified,
- uranic,
- vague,
- wide,
- zodiacal