nebulous meaning and definition

NEBULOUS adjective

Definition of nebulous (adjective)

1. lacking definite form or limits
   • "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
   • synonyms: cloudy, nebulose
2. of or relating to or resembling a nebula
   • "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system"
   • synonyms: nebular
3. lacking definition or definite content
   • "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen
   • synonyms: unfixed