figureless
Lacking bodily shape
Figureless means without a figure or form—lacking shape, outline, or defined physical presence.
The word appears in literary or philosophical contexts describing the formless or abstract: a figureless void, figureless darkness.
It can also describe art or design lacking human or representational figures: The figureless canvas emphasized pure color and texture.
Not depicting reality
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- formlessLacking definite shape
- shapelessLacking distinct structure
amorphous · immaterial · intangible · disembodied · incorporeal · bodiless · ethereal · nonphysical
Unclear, ill-defined
- unclearNot easily understood
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
- undefinedNot clearly delineated
unspecified · ambiguous · hazy · blurred · obscure · imprecise · fuzzy · shadowy
Basic and unremarkable
- blankWithout marks or content
- bareLacking any covering
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- uniformIdentical throughout
monochrome · unadorned · unmarked · unpatterned · clean · clear · unembellished · stark
nonrepresentational
Not depicting reality
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- formlessLacking definite shape
shapeless · amorphous · immaterial · intangible · disembodied · incorporeal · bodiless · ethereal · nonphysical · unembodied
vague
Unclear, ill-defined
- unclearNot easily understood
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
undefined · unspecified · ambiguous · hazy · blurred · obscure · imprecise · fuzzy · shadowy · unformed
plain
Basic and unremarkable
uniform · monochrome · unadorned · unmarked · unpatterned · clean · clear · unembellished · stark · faceless
void
Without legal effect
unfilled · hollow · vacuous · desolate · unpopulated · unoccupied · sparse · deserted · abandoned · cleared
figurelessfigurative
Representing through imagery
figural · figured · representational · portraiture · peopled
figurelessfigured
Computed or understood
shapely · formed · bodied · well-defined · sculptural
figurelessfigurative
Representing through imagery
representational · figural · portraiture · figure painting · pictorial
figure, figures, effigy, disfigure, configuration, figurative, transfigure, prefigure, transfiguration