ambiguous

1. Open to two or more interpretations;
   Or of uncertain nature or significance;
   Or (often) intended to mislead (synset 300898735)
   "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
   also: ambiguous - having more than one possible meaning
   similar to:

   • double, forked - having two meanings with intent to deceive
   • evasive - deliberately vague or ambiguous
   • indeterminate - of uncertain or ambiguous nature
   same as: equivocal
2. Having more than one possible meaning (synset 300103000)
   "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
   also:

   • unclear - not clear to the mind
   • ambiguous, equivocal - open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
   similar to:

   • double-barreled, double-barrelled - having two purposes; twofold
   • double-edged - capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways
   • enigmatic, oracular - resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
   • left-handed - ironically ambiguous
   • multi-valued, multivalent - having many values, meanings, or appeals
   • polysemantic, polysemous - of words; having many meanings
   • uncertain - ambiguous (especially in the negative)
3. Having no intrinsic or objective meaning;
   Not organized in conventional patterns (synset 301676562)
   "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
   referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
   similar to: unstructured - lacking definite structure or organization

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