Defenition of the word ambiguity

• Defenition of the word ambiguity

  • Something liable to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
  • The use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead.
  • an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
  • unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

Synonyms for the word ambiguity

• • equivocalness

Hyponyms for the word ambiguity

• • amphibology
  • amphiboly
  • double entendre
  • equivocation
  • evasiveness
  • lexical ambiguity
  • loophole
  • no man's land
  • parisology
  • polysemy
  • prevarication
  • twilight zone

Hypernyms for the word ambiguity

• • expression
  • locution
  • saying
  • unclearness

Antonyms for the word ambiguity

• • unambiguity
  • unequivocalness

See other words

• • What is jocular
  • The definition of flippant
  • The interpretation of the word frivolous
  • What is meant by unworried
  • The lexical meaning vigilantes
  • The dictionary meaning of the word vigilantism
  • The grammatical meaning of the word on your guard
  • Meaning of the word unruffled
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word unflustered
  • The origin of the word indistinctness
  • Synonym for the word wiseacres
  • Antonyms for the word wisecracked
  • Homonyms for the word wiseacre
  • Hyponyms for the word intelligent
  • Holonyms for the word wisecrack
  • Hypernyms for the word wisecracking
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word wisecracks
  • Translation of the word in other languages armband