Synonyms for ambiguity
All synonyms
Noun
1. Vagueness — the state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.
Related words
- Word family
- ambiguous
- Phrases
- ambiguity aversion
Forms
- Plural
- ambiguities → vaguenesses, imprecisions, polysemies, ambiguousnesses…
Example sentences
- vagueness She complained about the vagueness of the instructions.
- imprecision It's not an error, but just a little imprecision.
- uncertainty All forecasts have a certain degree of uncertainty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ambiguity | rising | |
| vagueness | steady | |
| imprecision | rising | |
| polysemy | rising | |
| ambiguousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pun1
- 7 letters
- paradox3
- 8 letters
- polysemy
- 9 letters
- obscurity4, vagueness2
- 11 letters
- uncertainty4, imprecision
- 12 letters
- equivocation5
- 13 letters
- ambiguousness, equivocalness
- 14 letters
- indefiniteness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paradox3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ambiguïté
- Italiano
- ambiguità
- Español
- ambigüedad
- Deutsch
- Ambiguität