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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncertainty of meaning |
| Synonyms: | anagram, double meaning, double-entendre, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, enigma, equivocacy, equivocality, equivocation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, obscurity, polysemousness, polysemy, puzzle, tergiversation, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, clarity, clearness, definiteness, explicitness, lucidity |
| Main Entry: | equivocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | avoidance of an issue |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, amphibology, casuistry, coloring, con, cop out, cover, cover-up, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, dissimulation, distortion, double entendre, double meaning, double talk, doubtfulness, duplicity, equivocality, evasion, fallacy, fib, fibbing, hedging, lie, line*, lying, misrepresentation, prevarication, quibbling routine, run-around, shuffling, song and dance, song*, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness, stall, stonewall, tergiversation, waffle |
| Antonyms: | directness, facing, meeting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | play on words |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, calembour, conceit, double entendre, double meaning, equivoque, joke, paronomasia, quibble, quip, witticism |
| Main Entry: | play on words |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humorous ambiguous use of word or phrase |
| Synonyms: | bon mot, double entendre, double meaning, equivocalness, jeu de mots, pun, wordplay |
| Main Entry: | equivocality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambiguity |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous statement, ambiguousness, double meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, equivoque, indefiniteness, unclearness, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | equivocalness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambiguity |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous statement, ambiguousness, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, indefiniteness, unclearness, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | equivoque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambiguity |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous statement, ambiguousness, avoidance, deceit, deception, double meaning, equivocality, equivocalness, equivocation, evasion, indefiniteness, prevarication, stonewalling, tergiversation, unclearness, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | tergiversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equivocation |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, amphibology, casuistry, coloring, con, cop out, cover, cover-up, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, dissimulation, distortion, double entendre, double meaning, double talk, doubtfulness, duplicity, equivocality, equivoque, euphemism, evasion, fallacy, fib, fibbing, hedge, hedging, lie, line*, lying, misrepresentation, prevarication, quibbling routine, run-around, shuffle, shuffling, song and dance, song*, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness, stall, stonewall, waffle, weasel word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Having a double sense] Equivocalness. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
equivocalness; double meaning; ambiguity, ambiguousness, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram; conundrum (riddle); word play (wit); homonym, homonymy; amphiboly, amphibology; ambilogy, ambiloquy., Sphinx, Delphic oracle., equivocation (duplicity); white lie, mental reservation (concealment) [more]; paltering.
-verbs
be equivocal; have two meanings; equivocate (alter).
-adjectives
equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous; double-tongued (lying) [more]; enigmatical, indeterminate.
-phrases
on the one hand, on the other hand.
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