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ambiguity
Overview of noun ambiguity
The noun ambiguity has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) ambiguity -- (an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context)
2. (1) ambiguity, equivocalness -- (unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ambiguity
2 senses of ambiguity
Sense 1
ambiguity
=> saying, expression, locution
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
ambiguity, equivocalness
=> unclearness
=> incomprehensibility
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun ambiguity
2 senses of ambiguity
Sense 1
ambiguity
=> loophole
=> amphibology, amphiboly
=> parisology
=> double entendre
Sense 2
ambiguity, equivocalness
=> equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
=> polysemy, lexical ambiguity
=> twilight zone, no man's land
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ambiguity
2 senses of ambiguity
Sense 1
ambiguity
=> saying, expression, locution
Sense 2
ambiguity, equivocalness
=> unclearness
Antonyms of noun ambiguity
1 of 2 senses of ambiguity
Sense 2
ambiguity, equivocalness
Antonym of unambiguity (Sense 1)
=>unambiguity, unequivocalness
Member Holonyms of noun ambiguity
Substance Holonyms of noun ambiguity
Part Holonyms of noun ambiguity
Member Meronyms of noun ambiguity
Substance Meronyms of noun ambiguity
Part Meronyms of noun ambiguity
Meronyms of noun ambiguity
Holonyms of noun ambiguity
Attributes of noun ambiguity
Derived Forms of noun ambiguity
2 senses of ambiguity
Sense 1
ambiguity
RELATED TO>(adj) ambiguous#3
=> ambiguous
RELATED TO>(adj) ambiguous#1
=> equivocal, ambiguous
Sense 2
ambiguity, equivocalness
RELATED TO>(adj) ambiguous#1
=> equivocal, ambiguous
RELATED TO>(adj) ambiguous#2
=> ambiguous
Domain of noun ambiguity
Domain Terms of noun ambiguity
Familiarity of noun ambiguity
ambiguity used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ambiguity
2 senses of ambiguity
Sense 1
ambiguity
> saying, expression, locution
=> Beatitude
=> logion
=> calque, calque formation, loan translation
=> advice and consent
=> ambiguity
=> euphemism
=> dysphemism
=> shucks
=> tongue twister
=> anatomical reference, anatomical
=> southernism
=> motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth
=> maxim, axiom
=> epigram, quip
=> proverb, adage, saw, byword
=> idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase
=> agrapha
=> sumpsimus
Sense 2
ambiguity, equivocalness
> unclearness
=> elusiveness
=> vagueness
=> inexplicitness
=> ambiguity, equivocalness
Meronyms of noun ambiguity
2 senses of ambiguity
Holonyms of noun ambiguity
Grep of noun ambiguity
ambiguity
lexical ambiguity
unambiguity
Grep of adv ambiguity
without ambiguity
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