Meanings
comparative more unequivocal · superlative most unequivocal · alternative rare unæquivocal
- Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.
4 more examples
There exists no moral system under which there do not arise unequivocal cases of conflicting obligation.
1861, John Stuart Mill, UtilitarianismFinally, in order to construct an integrated picture of genetic alterations in GBMs, the unequivocal alterations were mapped onto known gliomagenic pathways.
2011, M.A. Hayat, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, volume 5Mr. Cleaver latched on to the idea, and within moments, the trio was swinging hard over a walking bass line — the equivalent of a blurred picture coming into unequivocal focus.
2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022Coppard was unequivocal when speaking to RAIL about this: "I'll keep on telling the government that MML electrification is really important to us. I raised it with Heidi Alexander [Transport Secretary] last Thursday when she was here."
2026 April 1, Richard Wilcock, “South Yorkshire's sights on a People's Network”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 23Synonyms: definite
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveadmitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
adjectiveclearly defined or formulated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
- Old Latinaiquos
- Latinaequus
- Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
- Latinvocō
- Late Latinaequivocus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishequivocal
- Englishunequivocal
Translations
Arabic صَرِيح, بَيِّن
- صَرِيح (ṣarīḥ)without ambiguity
- بَيِّن (bayyin)without ambiguity
Bulgarian несравним, недвусмислен
- несравним (nesravnim)without equal
- недвусмислен (nedvusmislen)without ambiguity
Catalan inequívoc
- inequívocwithout ambiguity
Chinese Mandarin 不含糊, 明確 /明确
- 不含糊 (bù hánhu)without ambiguity
- 明確 /明确 (míngquè)without ambiguity
Czech bezkonkurenční, jednoznačný
- bezkonkurenčníwithout equal
- jednoznačnýwithout ambiguity
Danish utvivlsom
- utvivlsomwithout ambiguity
Dutch ongeëvenaard, eenduidig
- ongeëvenaardwithout equal
- eenduidigwithout ambiguity
- onmiskenbaarwithout ambiguity
- niet mis te verstanewithout ambiguity
Finnish verraton, yksiselitteinen
- verratonwithout equal
- yksiselitteinenwithout ambiguity
French sans équivoque
- sans équivoquewithout ambiguity
German unerreicht, unvergleichlich
- unerreichtwithout equal
- unvergleichlichwithout equal
- unzweideutigwithout ambiguity
- unmissverständlichwithout ambiguity
- eindeutigwithout ambiguity
- zweifelsfreiwithout ambiguity
- unzweifelhaftwithout ambiguity
- aufrichtigwithout ambiguity
- uneingeschränktwithout ambiguity
Greek σαφής, ξεκάθαρος
- σαφής (safís)without ambiguity
- ξεκάθαρος (xekátharos)without ambiguity
- ρητός (ritós)without ambiguity
Hungarian egyértelmű
- egyértelműwithout ambiguity
Irish aonchiallach
- aonchiallachwithout ambiguity
Italian senza eguali, inequivocabile
- senza egualiwithout equal
- inequivocabilewithout ambiguity
Japanese 明確な, 一義的
- 明確な (meikaku na)without ambiguity
- 一義的 (ichigiteki)without ambiguity
Norwegian utvilsom
- utvilsomwithout ambiguity
Persian بیهمتا, صریح
- بیهمتا (bi-hamtâ)without equal
- صریح (sarih)without ambiguity
Polish jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzeczny
- jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzecznywithout ambiguity
Portuguese sem igual, inequívoco
- sem igualwithout equal
- inequívocowithout ambiguity
Russian недвусмы́сленный, однозначный
- недвусмы́сленный (nedvusmýslennyj)without ambiguity
- однозначный (odnoznachnyj)without ambiguity
Spanish inequívoco, tajante
- inequívocowithout ambiguity
- tajantewithout ambiguity
Swedish entydig, omisskännlig
- entydigwithout ambiguity
- omisskännligwithout ambiguity
Cite this entry
unequivocal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unequivocal
“unequivocal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unequivocal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unequivocal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unequivocal.
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