fog

1. 1.

   make less visible or unclear

   “The stars are obscured by the clouds”

   “the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley”

   Synonymsobscurebefogbecloudobnubilatehaze overcloudmist

   Broaderhide

   Narrowerovershadow

Other forms of fog

plural

fogs·

past tense or participle

fogged

present participle

fogging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fog

What does fog mean?

fog means "droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fog?

fog has 1 syllable: fog. In IPA it is /ˈfɑɡ/.

What is another word for fog?

Close synonyms include fogginess, murk, murkiness, daze, haze. 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 fog a common word?

fog is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.