amorphous

1. 1.

   having no definite form or distinct shape

   “amorphous clouds of insects”

   “an aggregate of formless particles”

   “a shapeless mass of protoplasm”

   Synonymsformlessshapeless

   Similarunformed
2. 2.

   lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies

   Synonymsunstructured

   Similarinorganic
3. 3.

   (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused

   “A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself”

   Similarunstructured
4. 4.

   unclear because vague or badly organized

   “Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it”

   Similarunclear
5. 5.

   without real or apparent crystalline form

   “an amorphous mineral”

   “amorphous structure”

   Synonymsuncrystallizeduncrystallised

   Similarnoncrystalline

Questions about amorphous

What does amorphous mean?

amorphous means "having no definite form or distinct shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amorphous?

amorphous has 3 syllables: a-mor-phous. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /əˈmɔɹfəs/.

What is another word for amorphous?

Close synonyms include formless, shapeless, unstructured, uncrystallized, uncrystallised. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amorphous a common word?

amorphous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.