SPECIFICS Antonyms

• applying to all or most members of a category or group

• affecting the entire body

• a general officer of the highest rank

• the head of a religious order or congregation

• a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

• not specialized or limited to one class of things

• prevailing among and common to the general public

• somewhat indefinite

• of worldwide scope or applicability

• command as a general

• not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• not quite exact or correct

• very close in resemblance

• located close together

• be close or similar

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• not precise

• vague or not clearly defined or stated

• not decided or not known

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

• poorly stated or described

• not clear to the mind

• not easily deciphered

• not yet having been ascertained or determined

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

• not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

• not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished

• not clearly expressed or understood

• lacking clarity or distinctness