'ambiguous' definitions:
Definition of 'ambiguous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: equivocal, ambiguous] [ant: unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal]
adjective
Having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy" [ant: unambiguous]
adjective
Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
Synonyms of 'ambiguous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnostic,
- amalgamated,
- ambivalent,
- amphibious,
- amphibolic,
- amphibological,
- amphibolous,
- antinomic,
- beyond understanding,
- blended,
- capricious,
- chancy,
- changeable,
- combined,
- complex,
- composite,
- compound,
- compounded,
- confusable,
- conglomerate,
- cryptic,
- dappled,
- dicey,
- double-faced,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- eclectic,
- enigmatic,
- enigmatical,
- equivocal,
- equivocatory,
- erratic,
- fickle,
- fifty-fifty,
- fishy,
- foggy,
- Greek to one,
- half-and-half,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- heterogeneous,
- impenetrable,
- inarticulate,
- incalculable,
- incognizable,
- incoherent,
- incomprehensible,
- inconclusive,
- indecisive,
- indefinite,
- indemonstrable,
- indeterminate,
- indiscriminate,
- indistinct,
- inscrutable,
- intricate,
- ironic,
- irresolute,
- jumbled,
- many-sided,
- medley,
- mingled,
- miscellaneous,
- misleading,
- misty,
- mixed,
- motley,
- multifaceted,
- multinational,
- multiracial,
- multivocal,
- mysterious,
- numinous,
- obscure,
- opaque,
- oracular,
- oxymoronic,
- paradoxical,
- past comprehension,
- patchy,
- pluralistic,
- polysemantic,
- polysemous,
- problematic,
- promiscuous,
- puzzling,
- questionable,
- rambling,
- scrambled,
- self-contradictory,
- skeptical,
- suspect,
- syncretic,
- tenebrous,
- thrown together,
- touch-and-go,
- unaccountable,
- uncertain,
- unclear,
- unconfirmable,
- unconnected,
- unconvinced,
- undefined,
- undependable,
- undivinable,
- unfathomable,
- unforeseeable,
- unintelligible,
- unknowable,
- unpersuaded,
- unpredictable,
- unprovable,
- unreliable,
- unsearchable,
- unsettled,
- unsure,
- unverifiable,
- vague,
- variable,
- varied,
- wavering,
- whimsical