Ambiguous
adjectiveæm'bɪɡjuəs
Adjective
open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
“the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates”
Similar:Equivocalhaving more than one possible meaning
“ambiguous words”
“frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy”
having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
“an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference”
“ambiguous inkblots”
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Equivocal
- Indeterminate
- Forked
- Evasive
- Double
- Multivalent
- Multi-valued
- Oracular
- Double-barreled
- Double-barrelled
- Double-edged
- Enigmatic
- Uncertain
- Polysemous
- Polysemantic