equivocal -
open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
univocal,
unambiguous,
unequivocal having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
ambiguous having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
forked,
double having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
evasive deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
equivocal -
uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
equivocal -
open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
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Wiktionary
Substantiv
Equivocal -
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Adjektiv
Equivocal -
Literally, called equally one thing or the other; Having two or more significations equally applicable; capable of double or multiple interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
Equivocal -
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
