FUZZY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FUZZY?

Need another word that means the same as “fuzzy”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “fuzzy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Fuzzy” are: fuzzed, bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, hazy, muzzy, downy, frizzy, woolly, velvety, silky, silken, satiny, napped, soft, indistinct, confused, muddled, addled, fuddled, befuddled, groggy, disoriented, disorientated, mixed up, fazed, perplexed, dizzy, stupefied, benumbed

Fuzzy as an Adjective

Definitions of "Fuzzy" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fuzzy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Relating to a form of set theory and logic in which predicates may have degrees of applicability, rather than simply being true or false. It has important uses in artificial intelligence and the design of control systems.
• Difficult to perceive; indistinct or vague.
• (of a person or the mind) unable to think clearly; confused.
• (of popular music or electric instruments) having or producing a distorted buzzing tone; fuzzed.
• Indistinct or hazy in outline.
• Covering with fine light hairs.
• Having a frizzy texture or appearance.
• Confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out.

Synonyms of "Fuzzy" as an adjective (31 Words)

addled	Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. This might just be my addled brain playing tricks.
befuddled	Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. He has an air of befuddled unworldliness.
benumbed	Deprived of physical or emotional feeling. The benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond.
bleary	(of the eyes) looking or feeling dull and unfocused from sleep or tiredness. Boris opened a bleary eye.
blurred	Indistinct or hazy in outline. The blurred aims of the group.
blurry	Not clearly or distinctly visible or audible. Their eyes were blurry with tears.
confused	Mentally confused unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. Reports about the incident were rather confused.
disorientated	Confused and unable to think clearly. When he emerged into the street he was totally disorientated.
disoriented	Socially disoriented. The anesthetic left her completely disoriented.
dizzy	Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling. Jonathan had begun to suffer dizzy spells.
downy	Soft and fluffy. Downy milkweed seeds.
fazed	Caused to show discomposure. Refused to be fazed by the objections.
foggy	Full of or characterized by fog. A dark and foggy night.
frizzy	In small tight curls. Frizzy red hair.
fuddled	Confused or stupefied, especially as a result of drinking alcohol. Fuddled drinkers spilt their brandy and slid beneath the table.
fuzzed	(of popular music or electric instruments) having or producing a distorted buzzing tone. Fuzzed guitars.
groggy	Dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow. The sleeping pills had left her feeling groggy.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline. It was a beautiful day but quite hazy.
indistinct	Not clear or sharply defined. Only indistinct notions of what to do.
mixed up	Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds.
muddled	Not clear or coherent; confused. The muddled display of pictures has been taken down.
muzzy	Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. A slightly muzzy picture.
napped	(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing. Napped fabrics.
perplexed	Completely baffled; very puzzled. Perplexed language.
satiny	Having a smooth, glossy surface or finish like that of satin. The walls glow with a satiny sheen.
silken	Soft or lustrous like silk. A silken ribbon.
silky	Of or resembling silk, especially in being soft, fine, and lustrous. Silky skin.
soft	Soft and mild not harsh or stern or severe. Soft crushed velvet.
stupefied	As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. Lay semiconscious stunned or stupefied by the blow.
velvety	Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste. The surface feels velvety to the touch.
woolly	(of a sound) indistinct or distorted. Woolly thinking.

Usage Examples of "Fuzzy" as an adjective

• Fuzzy fake-fur throw pillows.
• That fuzzy line between right and wrong.
• My mind felt fuzzy.
• Their former jolly sound has been drowned in swathes of layered, fuzzy guitar.
• The picture is very fuzzy.
• A vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance.

Associations of "Fuzzy" (30 Words)

beard	Go along the rim like a beard around the chin. He was afraid to beard the sultan himself.
brushed	(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing. A dress of brushed cotton.
bushy	Covered with bush or bushes. Bushy desert areas.
curly	Having curls or waves. My hair is just naturally thick and curly.
feathery	Resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers. Wisps of feathery blonde hair.
fleece	Cover as if with a fleece. He clutched the ram by two handfuls of thick fleece.
fringe	Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe. Fur fringed the hem of the dress.
fur	The skin of an animal with fur on it. Fur or scale not just in kettles but in other hidden parts of the hot water system.
furry	Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs. A furry teddy bear.
hackles	A feeling of anger and animosity. Having one s hackles or dander up.
hair	Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. Scalloped leaves edged with silver hairs.
haired	Having or covered with hair. A curly haired boy.
hairy	Covered with hair. Jacob was a hairy man.
hirsute	Having or covered with hair. Their hirsute chests.
leather	Leather clothes especially those worn by a motorcyclist. Carlos took his customary 20 metre sprint up to the ball and leathered it.
martin	Any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas.
mitten	Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
mohair	A yarn or fabric made from mohair typically mixed with wool. A mohair sweater.
molt	Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
mop	To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop. She mopped the floor and cleaned out two cupboards.
mow	Cut with a blade or mower. Mow the lawn a day or two before you go so it stays looking tidy while you are away.
mustache	An unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip. He looked younger after he shaved off his mustache.
otter	The fur of an otter.
plush	Richly luxurious and expensive. A plush Mayfair flat.
shave	(of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor. Shave the radish.
shaving	The action of shaving. She brushed wood shavings from her knees.
shear	Cut off something such as hair wool or grass with scissors or shears. Shear sheep.
sweater	A person who perspires. A close knit wool sweater for icy weather.
whiskered	Having hair on the cheeks and chin.