polysemy

English Thesaurus

1. the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	ambiguity, equivocalness,
definition	:	unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	monosemy,
definition	:	having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	polysemantic, polysemous,
definition	:	of words; having many meanings (adj.all)

antonym	:	monosemy,
definition	:	having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	polysemantic, polysemous,
definition	:	of words; having many meanings (adj.all)