- 3. Round about, circumlocutory, circuitous, diffuse, disjointed, dull, tedious.
Ambassador, n. Minister (of the highest rank), plenipotentiary, envoy, legate, deputy.
Ambassadors, n. pl. Embassy, legation.
Ambient, a. Surrounding, investing, encompassing, enfolding, embosoming, encircling, circling, circumjacent, circumambient.
Ambiguity, n.
- 1. Doubtfulness, dubiousness, doubt, uncertainty or equivocalness (as respects the meaning of a term),
indefiniteness, vagueness, obscurity, amphiboly.
- 2. Ambiguous, expression, double meaning, equivoke (or equivoque), double entendre.
Ambiguous, a. Doubtful, dubious, uncertain or equivocal, enigmatical, indefinite, indistinct, vague, indeterminate, not plain, not clear, susceptible of more than one meaning.
Ambition, n.
- 1. Desire of superiority, desire of distinction, hunger for fame, love of glory.
- 2. Longing, yearning, aspiration, emulation.
Ambitious, a.
- 1. Aspiring, emulous, eager for superiority, eager for distinction or fame.
- 2. Eager, strongly desirous, intent, avid. [Followed by of.]
- 3. Showy, pretentious, aiming at effect.
Amble, v. n.
- 1. Pace, move, or go at an easy pace.
- 2. Walk affectedly, dawdle.
Amble, n. Pacing, pace.
Ambrosial, a.
- 1. Delicious, luscious, savory, palatable, dainty, nice.
- 2. Ambrosian, fragrant, balmy, odorous, aromatic, odoriferous, sweet-scented.