indeterminate

1. 1.

   not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance

   “of indeterminate age”

   “a zillion is a large indeterminate number”

   “an indeterminate point of law”

   “the influence of environment is indeterminate”

   “an indeterminate future”

   Synonymsundetermined

   Antonymsdeterminate

   Similarcost-plusopen-ended
2. 2.

   having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex

   “an indeterminate stem”

   Antonymsdeterminate

   Similarracemose

   botany

3. 3.

   of uncertain or ambiguous nature

   “the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists”

   Similarequivocal
4. 4.

   (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved

   “0/0 is an indeterminate form”

   Similarindeterminable

   mathematics

5. 5.

   not leading to a definite ending or result

   “an indeterminate campaign”

   Similarinconclusive

Questions about indeterminate

What does indeterminate mean?

indeterminate means "not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indeterminate?

indeterminate has 5 syllables: in-de-ter-mi-nate. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌɪndɪˈtɝmɪnɪt/.

What is another word for indeterminate?

Close synonyms include undetermined. 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.

What is the opposite of indeterminate?

The recorded antonyms are determinate, determinate.

Is indeterminate a common word?

indeterminate 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.