| Noun | 1. | ambiguity - an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context loophole - an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation amphibology, amphiboly - an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes parisology - the use of ambiguous words double entendre - an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate locution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" |
| 2. | ambiguity - unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning unclearness - incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear lexical ambiguity, polysemy - the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings twilight zone, no man's land - the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both); "but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal"; "in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"; "in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression" unambiguity, unequivocalness - clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity |