ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAambiguous
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ambiguous
Meaning: having more than one possible meaning; unclear
ambiguous in a sentence
How ambiguous is used in real sentences:
Her ambiguous answer left everyone guessing.
Her ambiguous answer left everyone guessing.
“Their customary Saturday coffee became tense when the old deed described the boundary as “three feet beyond the pear tree.” Since the tree was gone, the wording was ambiguous, and each neighbor imagined a different line.”
— from the passage The Line Between Gardens
Synonyms for ambiguous
Other words for ambiguous — vague, equivocal and unclear — carry the same meaning.
- vague
- equivocal
- unclear
Antonyms of ambiguous
Words that mean the opposite of ambiguous:
- clear
- definite
- unambiguous
Where it comes from
From Latin ambi- 'both ways' + agere 'to drive'
Word parts
- ambi/amphi — both, on both sides, around
ambiguous: ambi- (both ways) + agere (drive)
Memory hook
AMBI (both) + guous — could go both ways.