Main entry: equivocal, ambiguous
Definition: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
Usage: 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
Antonyms: unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal
Definition: admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
Antonyms: single
Definition: used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
Antonyms: determinate
Definition: precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
Antonyms: determinate
Definition: not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
Main entry: equivocal
Definition: uncertain as a sign or indication
Usage: the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal
Antonyms: conclusive
Definition: forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question
Main entry: equivocal
Definition: open to question
Usage: aliens of equivocal loyalty; his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son-Anna Jameson
Antonyms: unquestionable
Definition: incapable of being questioned