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illegible

Main Entry:
illegible [ih-lej-uh-buhl]
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: 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
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