Qualities
Synonyms for vague
Synonyms for vague: obscure and undefined. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for vague
Interchangeable with vague in this sense
Audited under vague's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one vague carries in that sense.
- obscureadjective, in the sense "not clearly expressed or understood"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name vague as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- undefinedundefined is an adjective in the sense "not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under vague and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
not clearly expressed or understood
Their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear.
The true synonym
obscure
Same sentence, swapped: Their descriptions of human behavior become obscure, dull, and unclear.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- wispy
- collective
- neutral
Where vague turns up in the game
vague is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where vague is the trap
- doubtfuladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dubious, in the sense "fraught with uncertainty or doubt", so vague is there to be ruled out.
- senselessadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mindless, in the sense "not marked by the use of reason", with vague sitting one tile away.
Play vague
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so vague reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. vague carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.