Roget's Thesaurus

#520. Equivocalness

Nouns

equivocalness etc. adj.; double meaning etc. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre [Fr.], pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], anagram; conundrum etc. (riddle) 533; play on words, word play etc. (wit) 842; homonym, homonymy [Gramm.]; amphiboly, amphibology; ambilogy, ambiloquy. Sphinx, Delphic oracle. equivocation etc. (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation etc. (concealment) 528; paltering.

Verbs

be equivocal etc. adj.; have two meanings etc. 516; equivocate etc. (alter) 544.

Adjectives

equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous; double-tongued etc. (lying) 544; enigmatical, indeterminate.

Phrases

on the one hand, on the other hand.