Expand Your Vocabulary: Ambiguous

am-big-u-ous [am-big-yoo-uhs]
-ADJECTIVE


*open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.

*exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.

*of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character.

*lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct: an ambiguous shape; an ambiguous future.




synonyms: doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsettled, indistinct, indeterminate, indefinite.