Qualities

Synonyms for ambiguous

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

open to two or more interpretations

His answer was ambiguous enough to satisfy both sides.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

equivocal

Same sentence, swapped: His answer was equivocal enough to satisfy both sides.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for ambiguous as it is used in the sentence above.

unequivocal
incomprehensible
impenetrable

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Closest first: other qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

vibrantadjectivevivaciousvigorous and animatedHigh Camp virulentadjectivedeadlyextremely poisonous or injuriousHigh CampHas a reason line volatilitynoununpredictabilitythe trait of being unpredictably irresoluteHigh CampHas a reason line weightyadjectiveheavyof great gravity or crucial importHigh CampHas a reason line closeadjectivenearnot far distant in time or space or degree or circumstancesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line closenessnounintimacya feeling of being intimate and belonging togetherRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line cloudyadjectivemuddyclouded as with sedimentRidgeline2 senses genteeladjectivepolitemarked by refinement in taste and mannersHigh Camp

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