Antonyms for distinct

Antonyms for (adj) distinct

Main entry: distinct

Definition: easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined

Usage: a distinct flavor; a distinct odor of turpentine; a distinct outline; the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette; distinct fingerprints

Antonyms: indistinct

Definition: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand


Antonyms: dull

Definition: not having a sharp edge or point


Antonyms: dull

Definition: not keenly felt


Antonyms: natural

Definition: (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone


Antonyms: flat

Definition: (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone


Antonyms: bounce

Definition: come back after being refused


Antonyms: unclear

Definition: not clear to the mind


Antonyms: opaque

Definition: not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight


Antonyms: cloudy

Definition: full of or covered with clouds


Antonyms: noncrystalline

Definition: not crystalline


Antonyms: vague, undefined

Definition: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished


Antonyms: unclear, ill-defined

Definition: poorly stated or described


Main entry: discrete, distinct

Definition: constituting a separate entity or part

Usage: a government with three discrete divisions; on two distinct occasions

Antonyms: joint

Definition: united or combined


Main entry: trenchant, clear-cut, distinct

Definition: clearly or sharply defined to the mind

Usage: clear-cut evidence of tampering; Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest; trenchant distinctions between right and wrong

Antonyms: bounce

Definition: come back after being refused


Antonyms: unclear

Definition: not clear to the mind


Antonyms: opaque

Definition: not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight


Antonyms: cloudy

Definition: full of or covered with clouds


Main entry: decided, distinct

Definition: recognizable; marked

Usage: noticed a distinct improvement; at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage

Antonyms: indefinite

Definition: vague or not clearly defined or stated


Main entry: distinct, distinguishable

Definition: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality

Usage: plants of several distinct types; the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses; gold is distinct from iron; a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech; management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees

Antonyms: same

Definition: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree


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