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Adjective equivocal has 3 senses

equivocal, ambiguous - 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"
Antonyms: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous, absolute, conclusive, straightforward, unquestionable
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
Antonym: unquestionable (indirect, via questionable)
equivocal - uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
Antonym: conclusive (indirect, via inconclusive)