ambiguous
adjectiveHow many syllables in ambiguous?
There are 4 syllables in the word ambiguous.How to pronounce ambiguous:
Definition of ambiguous:
- ambiguous (adjective):
- doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
- open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead.
Synonyms for ambiguous:
arcane
clear as mud
complicated
confusing
cryptic
dark
deep
delphic
double
doubtful
dubious
elliptic
elliptical
enigmatic
enigmatical
equivocal
esoteric
evasive
fuliginous
inconclusive
indefinite
indeterminate
inscrutable
murky
mysterious
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Antonyms for ambiguous:
absolute
accessible
accurate
adequate
apparent
appreciable
apprehensible
articulate
as clear as day
as plain as a pikestaff
as plain as day
as plain as the nose on your face
assured
authentic
axiomatic
bare
basic
beyond a shadow of doubt
beyond dispute
beyond doubt
beyond question
black and white
black-and-white
blatant
bold
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- ninnyhammer
- ectomorphic
- unaffected
- sequential
- irritating
- extremism
- quadrilingual
- irritative
- invigorates
- imperfection
- competency
- cohabitate
- logarithm
- life-threatening
- Estefani
- adjacencies
- ultramodern
- tenochtitlan
- generalize
- contemplation
- ayurvedic
- tastelessness
- remunerate
- incapable
- dispensable
- consolation
- milliliter
- extrapolate
- empanada
- oxymoron
- improperly
- hallelujah
- extricated
- articulate
- thirty thirty
- illumining
- scorekeeper
- peculiar
- deviating
- platyhelminth
- favorable
- elasticate
- debilitate
- condensation
- nocturnally
- naturally
- infrequent
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