ambiguous

ambiguous is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
2. adjective. having more than one possible meaning

   "ambiguous words"

   "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

3. 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"

   Synonyms: equivocal

4. adjective. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

   "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"

   "ambiguous inkblots"

Synonyms

equivocal

Common word forms

ambiguously, ambiguousness

Words from these letters

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