Synonyms for nebulous
ˈnɛb yə ləs

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1. cloudy, nebulose, nebulous(adj)

   lacking definite form or limits

   "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, nebular, muddy, mirky, unfixed, nebulose, murky, turbid

   Antonyms:
   definite, distinct

2. nebular, nebulous(adj)

   of or relating to or resembling a nebula

   "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system"

   Synonyms:
   cloudlike, cloudy, nebular, unfixed, nebulose

   Antonyms:
   definite, distinct

3. nebulous, unfixed(adj)

   lacking definition or definite content

   "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, unfixed, nebular, nebulose

   Antonyms:
   definite, distinct

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1. nebulous(a.)

   Synonyms:
   cloudy, hazy, misty

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1. List of paraphrases for "nebulous":

   woolly

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1. List of known nicknames for "Nebulous":

   Nebulus

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1. Josh Haner:

   I flew a drone above the island showing just how precarious its location is : Homes clinging to the edge of an eroding coastline as unrelenting waves chisel away at what remains, after I saw what was happening on Ejit, I realized that climate change is not something nebulous that will only start affecting us in the future, but rather something happening right now. Residents are being forced to make the most difficult decision : Do they stay and build sea walls to buy some more time, or do they relocate ?

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