Ambiguous

//æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs//

Synonyms for "ambiguous" (168 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (50)

Adjective(1 words)
equivocal

Related words (84)

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9 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

9 entries

derived

4 entries

distinct from

9 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

13 entries

similar

26 entries

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

79 translations across 47 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • i dykuptueshëm adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀμφίβολος adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Arabic

1 entries
  • غَامِض adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Armenian

1 entries
  • երկիմաստ adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Asturian

1 entries
  • ambiguu adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • двусмислен adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ambigu adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 曖昧 /暧昧 adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • 歧義 /歧义 adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 含糊 adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • 曖昧 /暧昧 adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • 模稜兩可 /模棱两可 adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 曖昧 /暧昧 adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • 模稜兩可 /模棱两可 adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • 歧義 /歧义 adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Czech

1 entries
  • mnohoznačný adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Danish

3 entries
  • dobbelttydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • flertydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • tvetydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Dutch

3 entries
  • ambigu adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • dubbelzinnig adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • meerduidig adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ambigua adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • plursenca adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Finnish

3 entries
  • moniselitteinen adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • monitulkintainen adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • tulkinnanvarainen adj (open to multiple interpretations)

French

1 entries
  • ambigu adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Galician

1 entries
  • ambiguo adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Georgian

4 entries
  • არაცალსახა adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • ბუნდოვანი adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • გაურკვეველი adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • ორაზროვანი adj (open to multiple interpretations)

German

1 entries
  • mehrdeutig (doppeldeutig, zweideutig) adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Greek

1 entries
  • αμφίσημος adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דו משמעי adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kétértelmű adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • nem egyértelmű adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • többértelmű adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • óskýr adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kabur adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • rancu adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Italian

1 entries
  • ambiguo adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 曖昧な adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Korean

1 entries
  • 모호한 adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Latin

1 entries
  • ambiguus adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • двосмислен adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • недозначен adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Malay

2 entries
  • kabur adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • taksa adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Māori

1 entries
  • rangirua adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • flertydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • tvetydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • dobbeldiedent adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Polish

2 entries
  • dwuznaczny adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • wieloznaczny adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • ambíguo adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • dúbio adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Romanian

2 entries
  • ambiguu adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • cu multe sensuri adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Russian

3 entries
  • двусмы́сленный adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • многозна́чный adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • неоднозна́чный adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • dvosmislen adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • višeznačan adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dvoumen adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Spanish

1 entries
  • ambiguo adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dubbeltydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • tvetydig adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • talohimig adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • taluhimig adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Thai

2 entries
  • กำกวม adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • คลุมเครือ adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Turkish

3 entries
  • belirsiz adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • iki anlamlı adj (open to multiple interpretations)
  • ikircil adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • багатозначний adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tối nghĩa adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Welsh

1 entries
  • amwys adj (open to multiple interpretations)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Source: tatoeba (1997)

What an ambiguous expression!

Source: tatoeba (24995)

The meaning of this sentence is ambiguous.

Source: tatoeba (57232)

The main feature of this scheme is still ambiguous.

Source: tatoeba (59534)

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