INDEFINITE
Dictionary entry overview: What does indefinite mean?
• INDEFINITE (adjective)
The adjective INDEFINITE has 2 senses:
1. vague or not clearly defined or stated
2. not decided or not known
Familiarity information: INDEFINITE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INDEFINITE (adjective)
Meaning:
Vague or not clearly defined or stated
Context examples:
must you be so indefinite? / amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges / he would not answer so indefinite a proposal
Similar:
coy (showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement)
indecisive (not clearly defined)
nebulous; unfixed (lacking definition or definite content)
noncommittal (refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like)
one (indefinite in time or position)
Also:
unclear (not clear to the mind)
undefined; vague (not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished)
indistinct (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand)
Antonym:
definite (precise; explicit and clearly defined)
Meaning:
Not decided or not known
Context examples:
were indefinite about their plans / plans are indefinite
Similar:
uncertain (not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown)
