| Main Entry: | illegible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unreadable |
Synonyms: |
cacographic, crabbed, cramped, difficult to read, faint, hard to make out, hieroglyphic, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure, scrawled, unclear, undecipherable, unintelligible |
| Notes: | eligible means qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen while illegible means hard to read or not legible illegible refers to bad handwriting, while unreadable refers to poor writing |
Antonyms: |
decipherable, legible, readible, understandable |
| Main Entry: | cramped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
Synonyms: |
awkward, circumscribed, close, closed in, confined, crabbed, crowded, hemmed in, illegible, incommodious, indecipherable, irregular, jammed in, little, minute, narrow, packed, pent, restricted, small, squeezed, tight, tiny, tucked up, two-by-four, uncomfortable |
Antonyms: |
free, open, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded, uninhibited, unobstructed |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not easily understood |
Synonyms: |
abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undefined, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague |
Antonyms: |
apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood |
| Main Entry: | unintelligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
Synonyms: |
Greek, ambiguous, equivocal, fathomless, illegible, impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, inexplicit, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, obscure, opaque, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unfathomable, ungraspable, unknowable, unreadable, vague |
Antonyms: |
comprehensible, intelligible, meaningful, understandable |
| Main Entry: | indecipherable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unreadable |
Synonyms: |
cryptic, hieroglyphic, illegible, scrawled |
Antonyms: |
decipherable |