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Defenition of the word ambiguous

    • Defenition of the word ambiguous

      • Containing multiple possible interpretations.
      • Not clearly thought out.
      • Expressed in an unclear fashion.
      • having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
      • (psychology) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
      • open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
      • open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer''s equivo
      • having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
      • having more than one possible meaning
      • open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
      • having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

    Synonyms for the word ambiguous

      • confusing
      • equivocal
      • hazy
      • indefinite
      • indistinct
      • uncertain
      • unclear
      • vague
      • wooly

    Similar words in the ambiguous

      • ambiguous
      • ambiguously
      • ambivalent
      • double
      • double-barreled
      • double-barrelled
      • double-edged
      • enigmatic
      • equivocal
      • evasive
      • forked
      • indeterminate
      • left-handed
      • multi-valued
      • multivalent
      • oracular
      • polysemantic
      • polysemous
      • uncertain
      • unclear
      • unstructured

    Antonyms for the word ambiguous

      • unambiguous
      • unequivocal
      • univocal

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