equivocal
adjectiveHow many syllables in equivocal?
There are 4 syllables in the word equivocal.How 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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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- circumspectly
- acclimatize
- hyperactive
- ignorable
- antisocial
- previously
- acoustician
- interwoven
- nomenclature
- dubiety
- Ashwathama
- verbosity
- unconfident
- atticism
- excogitate
- passivism
- pestilential
- delectation
- mannerism
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- affectious
- charismatic
- passionate
- melismatic
- Bodhisattva
- open dating
- examinee
- indignantly
- knowledgeably
- belligerent
- balaclava
- acquiescence
- captivating
- euphemism
- capybara
- accommodate
- disgustingly
- inconvenience
- deceivingly
- oscillation
- anticlockwise
- unthinkable
- personally
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