Related Words for ambiguity

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Word	Syllables	Categories
vagueness	/x	Noun
ambivalence	x/xx	Noun
uncertainty	x/xx	Noun
confusion	x/x	Noun
contradiction	xx/x	Noun
indeterminacy	xx/xxx	Noun
inconsistency	xx/xx	Noun
imprecision	xx/x	Noun
misunderstanding	xxx/x	Noun
misinterpretation	xxxx/x	Noun
incongruence	x/xx	Noun
incongruity	xx/xx	Noun
paradox	/xx	Noun
incoherence	xx/x	Noun
irony	/xx	Noun
complexity	x/xx	Noun
fuzziness	/xx	Noun
nuance	/x	Noun
dichotomy	x/xx	Noun
unease	x/	Noun
disjuncture	x/x	Noun
dissonance	/xx	Noun
indecision	xx/x	Noun
arbitrariness	/xxxx	Noun
unpredictability	xxxx/xx	Noun
disagreement	xx/x	Noun
discrepancy	x/xx	Noun
paradoxes	/xxx	Noun
conundrum	x/x	Noun
subtext	/x	Noun
awkwardness	/xx	Noun
implication	xx/x	Noun
equivocation	xxx/x	Noun
uneasiness	x/xx	Noun
messiness	/xx	Noun
absurdity	x/xx	Noun
duplicity	x/xx	Noun
strangeness	/x	Noun
circularity	/x/xx	Noun
specificity	xx/xx	Noun
confounding	x/x	Noun
obfuscation	xx/x	Noun
inherent	x/x	Adjective
disjunction	x/x	Noun
perplexity	x/xx	Noun
certainty	/xx	Noun
disquiet	x/x	Noun
quandary	/xx	Noun
muddle	/x	Noun
inaccuracy	x/xxx	Noun
complication	xx/x	Noun
misperception	xx/x	Noun
unambiguous	xx/xx	Adjective
subtlety	/xx	Noun
mystification	/xx/x	Noun
vacillation	xx/x	Noun
miscommunication	xxxx/x	Noun
undecidability	xx/x/xx	Noun
dilemma	x/x	Noun
mutability	/x/xx	Noun
polysemy	xxxx	Noun
controversy	/xxx	Noun
duality	x/xx	Noun
irresolvable	xx/xx	Adjective
definitional	xx/xx	Adjective
misgiving	x/x	Noun
explicitness	x/xx	Noun
cynicism	/xxx	Noun
weirdness	/x	Noun
terminological	/xx/xx	Adjective
clarity	/xx	Noun
discordance	x/x	Noun
unresolved	xx/	Adjective
paradoxical	xx/xx	Adjective
predictability	xxx/xx	Noun
misrepresentation	xxxx/x	Noun
angst	/	Noun
bewilderment	x/xx	Noun
role	/	Adjective
studied	/x	Adjective
attributional	/x/xx	Adjective
intolerance	x/xx	Noun
obscurity	x/xx	Noun
tolerant	/xx	Noun
synonymy	/xxx	Noun
indirection	xx/x	Noun
tracy	/x	Name
tolerating	/xxx	Verb
syntactical	//xx	Adjective
tolerance	/xx	Noun
fraught	/	Noun
lexical	/xx	Adjective
incompleteness	xx/x	Noun
genitalia	xx/x	Noun
fallacies	/xx	Noun
blur	/	Noun, Verb, Adjective
coherence	x/x	Noun
commonality	xx/xx	Noun
divergence	x/x	Noun
double entendre	/xx/x	Phrase, Noun
doubt	/	Noun, Verb
ellipsis	x/x	Noun
hesitancy	/xxx	Noun
insecurity	xx/xx	Noun
lack	/	Noun, Verb
loophole	/x	Noun, Verb
misapprehension	xxx/x	Noun
misconception	xx/x	Noun
mystery	/xx	Noun
mystique	x/	Noun
opacity	x/xx	Noun
overlap	/xx	Verb, Noun
thumb	/	Noun, Verb
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
literally	/xxx	Adverb
shirtless	/x	Adjective
sorta	/x	Adverb
anymore	xx/	Adverb
expression	x/x	Noun
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb