Definition for Equivocal:

• A word or term of doubtful meaning, or capable of different meanings.

Synonyms for Equivocal:

• adj.

  •conflicting (adjective)
  • ambivalent.
  •doubtful, uncertain (adjective)
  • clear as mud,
  • hazy,
  • with mixed feelings,
  • indistinct,
  • disreputable,
  • misleading,
  • fuzzy,
  • oblique,
  • Amphibological,
  • unexplicit,
  • muddled,
  • muzzy,
  • indeterminate,
  • evasive.
  •equivocal (adjective)
  • uncertain,
  • double-entendre.
  •mealy-mouthed (adjective)
  • mealymouthed.

• n.

  •
  • ambiguity,
  • ill-defined.
  •
  • suspect.
  •ambiguous (noun)
  • puzzling.
  •equivocal (noun)
  • inconclusive,
  • double,
  • forked.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unclear,
  • null,
  • dubitable,
  • nonsense,
  • ironic,
  • Two-edged,
  • abstruse,
  • chancy.
  •
  • unsure,
  • oracular,
  • vaguely,
  • iffy,
  • nebulous.
  •
  • indecisive,
  • problematic.
  •
  • cloudy,
  • shady.
  •awkward
  • embarrassing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • skeptical,
  • mystifying,
  • improbable,
  • oily,
  • dicey,
  • duplicitous,
  • artful,
  • scrambled,
  • conflicting,
  • blended,
  • Equivocatory,
  • queer,
  • agnostic,
  • unclean,
  • combined,
  • reluctant,
  • tricky,
  • non-specific,
  • unforeseeable,
  • obscene,
  • indecent,
  • weasel word,
  • wishy-washy,
  • incalculable,
  • Amphibolous,
  • uncertainty,
  • in question,
  • insecure,
  • equivocally,
  • Amphibolic,
  • composite,
  • eclectic,
  • slick,
  • strange,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • jumbled,
  • euphemistic,
  • conglomerate,
  • bedimmed,
  • Mingled,
  • recondite,
  • opaque,
  • unctuous,
  • unfamiliar,
  • unpredictable,
  • elliptical,
  • undefined,
  • Equivoque,
  • joke,
  • whimsical,
  • inconsistent,
  • loose,
  • hedging,
  • amalgamated,
  • indecorous,
  • irresolute,
  • casuistic,
  • pluralistic,
  • undefinable,
  • foreign,
  • polite,
  • tergiversation,
  • indistinguishable,
  • evasion,
  • miscellaneous,
  • impenetrable,
  • incomprehensible,
  • delphic,
  • blurred,
  • inseparable,
  • lying,
  • intricate,
  • ambagious,
  • varied,
  • gross,
  • capricious,
  • sophistical,
  • coarse,
  • free,
  • dishonest,
  • Homonymous,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • smoggy,
  • dazed,
  • promiscuous,
  • half-and-half,
  • doubt,
  • evasiveness,
  • paronomasia,
  • sceptical,
  • impeach,
  • casuistry,
  • illogical,
  • bewildering,
  • multifaceted,
  • prevarication,
  • impossible,
  • mendacious,
  • Indemonstrable,
  • heterogeneous,
  • perplexing,
  • Contradictable,
  • touch-and-go,
  • immodest,
  • hesitating,
  • ribald,
  • devious,
  • multinational,
  • dappled,
  • variable,
  • cagey,
  • risque,
  • indirect,
  • antinomic,
  • nonpayment,
  • confusing,
  • debatable,
  • shameless,
  • unprovable,
  • fulsome,
  • mixed,
  • Perjured,
  • patchy,
  • medley,
  • unsteady,
  • portmanteau word,
  • amphibious,
  • shifty,
  • self-contradictory,
  • unfathomable,
  • inexact,
  • polysemantic,
  • mincing,
  • pun,
  • Equivoke,
  • deep,
  • broad,
  • perilous,
  • baffling,
  • indiscriminate,
  • changeable,
  • weasel-worded,
  • distrustful,
  • syncretic,
  • jesuitical,
  • hypothetical,
  • reticent,
  • confused,
  • untruthful,
  • roundabout,
  • smutty,
  • murky,
  • compounded,
  • pornographic,
  • wavering,
  • unspecified,
  • fabrication,
  • hesitant,
  • cloudlike,
  • many-sided,
  • mystic,
  • fallible,
  • arcane,
  • cunning,
  • motley,
  • indelicate,
  • Equivocating,
  • unpersuaded,
  • fickle,
  • equivocality,
  • complex,
  • apostasy,
  • double-tongued,
  • inscrutable,
  • left-handed,
  • deceitful,
  • deniable,
  • periphrastic,
  • restricted,
  • zigzag,
  • compound,
  • at issue,
  • bawdy,
  • erratic,
  • waffling,
  • weak,
  • hypocritical,
  • contradictory,
  • dusky,
  • oxymoronic,
  • Unveracious,
  • confutative,
  • disputable,
  • doubting,
  • Forsworn,
  • absurd,
  • Truthless,
  • circumlocutory,
  • unaccountable,
  • dissembling,
  • risky,
  • tergiversating,
  • multiracial,
  • equivocation,
  • unverifiable,
  • wordplay,
  • incongruous,
  • Prevaricating,
  • ambiguously,
  • dirty,
  • diarrheal,
  • impure,
  • equivocalness.

Paraphrases for Equivocal:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    ambiguous, vague, questionable.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    unequivocal.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unambiguous, clear, mixed, confusing, doubtful.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    misleading, uncertain, unclear, ambivalent, dubious, weasel.

Antonyms for Equivocal:

• adj.

  • doubtful, uncertain
    unequivocal, plain, sure, determined, unquestionable, obvious, definite, certain, clear.
  • Other antonyms:
    unquestioning, lucid, strong, resolute, understandable, defined, legible, tangible, nonambiguous, comprehensible, Questionless, unquestioned, undoubted, knowable, visible, blatant, unproblematic, hands down, intelligible, perspicuous, exact, self-explanatory, bright, accessible, appreciable, self-evident, firm, fathomable, conclusive.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    determinate, single.

Homophones for Equivocal:

• especially, especial, espousal, equivocally, esophageal.