What is another word for ambiguous?
376 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ambˈɪɡjuːəs], [ ambˈɪɡjuːəs], [ a_m_b_ˈɪ_ɡ_j_uː_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for ambiguous:- all (adjective)
- backhanded (adjective)
- borderline (adjective)
- complicated (adjective)
- cryptic (adjective)
- deceptive (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- dishonest (adjective)
- doubtful (adjective)
- dubious (adjective)
- elusive (adjective)
- enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- equivocal (adjective)
- evasive (adjective)
- fishy (adjective)
- having more than one meaning (adjective)
- inconclusive (adjective)
- indirect (adjective)
- inexact (adjective)
- inscrutable (adjective)
- meandrous (adjective)
- misleading (adjective)
- nebulous (adjective)
- noncommittal (adjective)
- obscured (adjective)
- open (adjective)
- oracular (adjective)
- precarious (adjective)
- puzzling (adjective)
- questionable (adjective)
- roundabout (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- tenebrous (adjective)
- tortuous (adjective)
- tottery (adjective)
- ulterior (adjective)
- unapt (adjective)
- uncertain (adjective)
- unclear (adjective)
- undefined (adjective)
- unintelligible (adjective)
- unstable (adjective)
- unstable/unsteady (adjective)
- vague (adjective)
- winding (adjective)
- ambivalent (noun)
- double (noun)
- double-barreled (noun)
- double-barrelled (noun)
- forked (noun)
- multi-valued (noun)
- multivalent (noun)
- polysemantic (noun)
- unstructured (noun)
- other synonyms
- awkward
- inaccurate
- vivid
Synonyms for Ambiguous:
adj.
•all (adjective) •backhanded (adjective) •borderline (adjective) •complicated (adjective) •cryptic (adjective)- un fathomable,
- in explicable,
- opaque,
- more delphian,
- in comprehensible,
- most delphic,
- most delphian,
- more uninformative,
- mystifying,
- in-comprehensible,
- more delphic,
- un informative,
- un-informative,
- in-explicable,
- most uninformative,
- un-fathomable.
- most digressory,
- more digressory,
- flexuous,
- most detouring,
- re-mote,
- most twisting,
- most confounding,
- most digressing,
- more detouring,
- more twisting,
- de touring,
- ex cursive,
- re moved,
- more digressing,
- more confounding,
- de-touring,
- ex-cursive.
- un easy,
- impugnable,
- more impugnable,
- hazy,
- most impugnable,
- unconfirmed,
- un easier,
- in secure,
- dis reputable,
- most unconfirmed,
- more doubtable,
- un easiest,
- un-sure,
- un-easy,
- uneasy,
- un-easiest,
- far fetched,
- un-easier,
- more unconfirmed,
- in securer,
- in-secure,
- un-confirmed,
- in-distinct,
- in-securest,
- un sure,
- in-securer,
- un confirmed,
- in securest,
- in distinct,
- most doubtable,
- dis-reputable.
- most phantom,
- evanescent,
- in tangible,
- more unspecific,
- more stonewalling,
- in-tangible,
- most elusory,
- in-substantial,
- un-specific,
- more phantom,
- more elusory,
- in substantial,
- most stonewalling,
- fugacious,
- in-definable,
- in definable,
- most unspecific,
- difficult catch,
- un specific.
- most sphinxlike,
- most stickling,
- sibylline,
- in decipherable,
- in-decipherable,
- most enigmatic,
- more stickling,
- more stumping,
- most stumping,
- more sphinxlike,
- teasing.
- double entendre,
- muzzy,
- unexplicit,
- Amphibolic,
- study atobscure,
- clear as mud,
- double-entendre,
- Amphibological,
- with mixed feelings.
- un-eventful,
- un convincing,
- in-conclusive,
- in complete,
- most unfateful,
- un satisfactory,
- more unfateful,
- incomplete,
- un fateful,
- in conclusive,
- un eventful,
- un-finished,
- in-complete,
- un-satisfactory,
- unfateful,
- un-fateful,
- un finished,
- un-convincing.
- most circumlocutory,
- dis-cursive,
- periphrastic,
- long drawn out,
- dis cursive,
- more snaking,
- more sidelong,
- more circumlocutory,
- implied,
- in direct,
- long winded,
- most sidelong,
- most vagrant,
- in-direct,
- more vagrant,
- most snaking.
- more mysterial,
- more poker faced,
- in-scrutable,
- most poker faced,
- most mysterial,
- un discoverable,
- un accountable,
- most undiscoverable,
- un readable,
- more undiscoverable,
- un-discoverable,
- in scrutable,
- un knowable,
- un-knowable,
- un-explainable,
- more unknowable,
- un explainable,
- un-accountable,
- poker faced,
- more poker-faced,
- un-readable,
- most poker-faced,
- most unknowable.
- most bewildering,
- most demagogic,
- be wildering,
- in accurate,
- mis leading,
- more distracting,
- more bewildering,
- more demagogic,
- most distracting,
- mis-leading,
- be-wildering.
- even steven,
- even-steven,
- on-the-fence,
- clammed up,
- Middle-ground,
- unrevealing,
- buttoned up,
- non-committal.
- un-healthiest,
- hanging by a thread,
- pre carious,
- un safer,
- un safe,
- un healthier,
- un safest,
- touch go,
- un-safest,
- un healthy,
- un healthiest,
- out limb,
- un-healthy,
- more dynamite,
- pre-carious,
- out a limb,
- un-safe,
- most dynamite,
- un-safer.
- hypo-thetical,
- open doubt,
- most controvertible,
- hypo thetical,
- most paradoxical,
- more controvertible,
- more unproven,
- most unproven,
- un proven,
- more paradoxical,
- un-proven,
- hard believe,
- pro visional.
- unlit,
- most unilluminated,
- more unilluminated,
- unilluminated,
- more unlit,
- dusker,
- more lightless,
- most lightless,
- un illuminated,
- duskest,
- un-illuminated,
- lightless,
- most unlit.
- un-steadiest,
- un stabler,
- most weaving,
- in-consistent,
- wiggliest,
- more teetering,
- in consistent,
- un-stablest,
- un steady,
- un-steady,
- un-steadier,
- un steadier,
- un-trustworthy,
- un stablest,
- un steadiest,
- more weaving,
- most teetering,
- Teetering,
- unsteadiest,
- more fluctuating,
- mutable,
- un-stabler,
- unsteady,
- wigglier.
n.
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- ill-defined,
- ambiguity,
- hollow.
Other synonyms:
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- null,
- wooly,
- abstruse,
- clouded,
- dubitable,
- nonsense,
- ironic,
- meaningless,
- Two-edged,
- inexplicit,
- chancy.
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- unsure,
- vaguely,
- iffy,
- inconclusive,
- problematical,
- difficult.
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•
- indecisive,
- mysterious.
Paraphrases for Ambiguous:
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Equivalence
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
unambiguous.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
dubious, obscure, blurred, imprecise, misleading, ambitious, questionable, controversial, opaque, doubtful, confused, fuzzy, shadowy, Half-hearted, ill-defined, woolly, contentious, unspecific, unequivocal, double-edged, inconsistent, clear, mixed, conflicting, indistinct, unexplained, suspicious, hazy, blurry, unknown.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
ambivalent, confusing, mysterious, contradictory.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Ambiguous:
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adj.
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all
unambiguous, unequivocal.
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having more than one meaning
sure, plain, determined, understandable, known, certain, lucid, definite, clear, unquestionable, obvious, explicit.
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Other antonyms:
manifest, defined, comprehensible, unquestioned, legible, fathomable, firm, knowable, self-evident, bright, monosemous, exact, indubitable, structured, tangible, nonambiguous, perspicuous, appreciable, self-explanatory, accessible, indisputable, visible, blatant, strong, intelligible.
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all
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Homophones for Ambiguous:
- anemopsis, amphioxus, ambush, amoebous, ambagious, amebiosis, anaphasic, amebous, amoebiosis, Ambages, amoebic, anabiosis, anaphase, anemone fish, ambage, anubis, amebiasis, amoebiasis, amebic, Anabas, amphibious.