equivocal
adjectiveHow to pronounce equivocal:
Definition of equivocal:
- equivocal (adjective):
- of doubtful character or sincerity
- subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
- open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead.
Synonyms for equivocal:
alleged
ambiguous
ambivalent
debatable
disputable
double
doubtful
dubious
dubitable
evasive
fishy
indefinite
indeterminate
misleading
oblique
obscure
oracular
prevaricating
problematic
problematical
queer
questionable
shady
shaky
suspect
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Antonyms for equivocal:
above suspicion
aboveboard
absolute
accepted
accessible
accomplished
accurate
acknowledged
actual
airtight
apodictic
apparent
apprehensible
arrant
articulate
as clear as day
as plain as a pikestaff
as plain as day
as plain as the nose on your face
assured
authentic
authoritative
axiomatic
balanced
bald
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- elevation
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- apologise
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- encouraging
- ethereal
- enormity
- cumulative
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- neglectable
- ominously
- sorrowfully
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- impignorate
- degradation
- flabbergasted
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- creatinine
- elegantly
- susceptible
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- misapprehend
- transmittable
- impossibly
- unreachable
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