unclear

Other forms of unclear

comparative

unclearer·

superlative

unclearest·

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 unclear

What does unclear mean?

unclear means "poorly stated or described". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unclear?

unclear has 2 syllables: un-clear. The stress falls on "clear". In IPA it is /ənˈklɪɹ/.

What is another word for unclear?

Close synonyms include ill-defined, indecipherable, undecipherable, unreadable. 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 unclear?

The recorded antonyms are clear.

Is unclear a common word?

unclear is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unclear?

1 word rhymes with unclear. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.