Antonyms of adj indistinct

1 sense of indistinct

Sense 1
indistinct (vs. distinct) -- (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do")

distinct (vs. indistinct) -- (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints")
        => chiseled, well-defined -- (having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features")
        => clear, clean-cut, clear-cut -- (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern")
        => crisp, sharp -- ((of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot")
        => crystalline -- (distinctly or sharply outlined; "crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan)
        => defined, outlined -- (showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill")
        => knifelike -- (having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike profile")
        => razor-sharp -- (very clearly delineated; "razor-sharp definition")

Similarity of adj indistinct

1 sense of indistinct

Sense 1
indistinct (vs. distinct) -- (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do")
       => bedimmed -- (made dim or indistinct; "a sun bedimmed by clouds")
       => bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy -- (indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes")
       => cloudy, nebulose, nebulous -- (lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit")
       => dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy -- (lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood")
       => faint -- (indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea")
       => veiled -- (muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy")
          Also See-> indefinite#1; unclear#2

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