Equivocal

Noun

 * 1) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

Adjective

 * 1) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two or more significations equally applicable; capable of double or multiple interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
 * 2) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
 * 3) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful, incongruous.

Adverbs for Equivocal
vexatiously; irritatingly; purposely; intentionally; ambiguously;   craftily; subtly; adroitly; cleverly; dubiously; debatably; insecurely; vaguely; mysteriously; ticklishly; obscurely; untrustworthily; unreliably; provokingly; cunningly; unfairly; artfully; fraudulently; perfidiously; insincerely; highly.

Synonyms for Equivocal

 * (noun) double entendre
 * (adjective) ambiguous, doubtful, uncertain, indeterminate,indefinite, puzzling, dubious, perplexing, enigmatic, obscure, indistinct, suspicious, questionable, involved, vague, ambivalent, cryptic, hazy, wavering, deceptive, fluctuating.

Antonyms for Equivocal

 * unequivocal,, clear, plain, obvious, lucid, distinct, transparent, evident, open, manifest, apparent, visible, unclouded, discernible, forthright, certain, indubitable.

Derived terms

 * equivocalness

Related terms

 * equivocation
 * equivoque

Thesaurus
agnostic, amalgamated, ambagious, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, blended, borderline, capricious, chancy, changeable, circumlocutory, clear as mud, clouded, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, dappled, dicey, dishonest, disreputable, doubtful, doubting, dubious, duplicitous, eclectic, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocatory, erratic, evasive, fickle, fifty-fifty, fishy, forsworn, half-and-half, hazy, hedging, hesitant, hesitating, heterogeneous, incalculable, indecisive, indefinite, indemonstrable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct, intricate, ironic, irresolute, jumbled, lying, many-sided, medley, mendacious, mingled, miscellaneous, misleading, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, multivocal, mysterious, oblique, obscure, open, open to question, oxymoronic, paradoxical, patchy, perjured, perplexing, pluralistic, polysemantic, polysemous, prevaricating, problematic, promiscuous, puzzling, questionable, roundabout, scrambled, self-contradictory, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, syncretic, tenebrous, tergiversant, tergiversating, thrown together, touch-and-go, truthless, unaccountable, uncertain, unclear, unconfirmable, unconvinced, undecided, undivinable, unforeseeable, unintelligible, unpersuaded, unpredictable, unprovable, unsure, untruthful, unveracious, unverifiable, vague, variable, varied, waffling, wavering, weasel-worded, whimsical, wishy-washy

Alternative forms

 * æquivocal

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian:


 * Romanian: echivoc, ambiguu


 * Finnish: ,


 * Macedonian: сомнителен


 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Italian: equivoco


 * Macedonian: сомнителен
 * Romanian: echivoc