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All ambiguity synonyms

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noun ambiguity

  • vagueness — (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person.
  • doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
  • uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
  • obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
  • puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
  • doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
  • dubiousness — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
  • anagram — An anagram is a word or phrase formed by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase. For example, 'triangle' is an anagram of 'integral'.
  • dubiety — doubtfulness; doubt.
  • incertitude — uncertainty or doubtfulness.
  • polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
  • inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
  • indeterminate — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
  • double-entendre — a double meaning.
  • haziness — characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
  • indistinctness — not distinct; not clearly marked or defined: indistinct markings.
  • abstruseness — hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
  • opacity — the state or quality of being opaque.
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