amazon, n. virago, termagant, spitfire, fury; castra-tor, emasculator; shrew, vixen, tartar, scold, Xanthippe.
ambassador, n. 1. diplomat, emissary, legate, attache, envoy, minister of state, dignitary, plenipotentiary, nuncio; representative, delegate, commissioner, official, agent.
2. messenger, courier, herald, harbinger; intermediary, go-between; announcer, proclaimer, spokesman,
ambience, n. environment, surroundings, setting, scene; atmosphere, milieu, mood, spirit, feeling, vibrations, SI. vibes; climate, feel, air; complexion, cast, character, tone, flavor, color,
ambient, adj. 1. surrounding, encompassing, encircling, circumambient; enclosing, enfolding, enveloping, environing; embracing, embosoming.
2. circulating, moving, swirling, whirling,
ambiguity, n. 1. doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty, vagueness, deceptiveness; obscurity, indistinctness, unintelligibility, abstruseness; equivocalness, ambivalence.
2. equivocation, doublespeak, double-talk, new-speak, duplicity, circumlocution, weasel words; double entendre, pun, irony; suggestiveness, figurativeness; richness.
ambiguous, adj. 1. equivocal, Logic, amphibolous, paradoxical, duplicitous; ironic, two-edged, ambivalent, multi-leveled, figurative, suggestive, symbolic; misleading, roundabout, circuitous, ambagious, hedging, weasel-worded.
2. doubtful, dubious, left-handed, uncertain; vague, indefinite, indistinct, indeterminate, unclassifiable, anomalous; obscure, abstruse, unintelligible, incomprehensible; puzzling, mystifying, enigmatic, enigmatical, perplexing, problematic, problematical; cryptic, oracular, delphic.
ambition, n. 1. aspiration, hoping, wishfulness, desire, covetousness; yearning, longing, want, need, craving; appetite, taste, hunger.
2. goal, aim, target, destination, end point, intent, purpose, design, plan, scheme; hope, dream, wish, ideal, raison d'etre.
3. enterprise, drive, force, striving, Inf push; energy, vigor, vim, verve; zeal, enthusiasm, eagerness, spirit, get up and go, Dial. gimp.
-v. 4. aspire to, hope for, wish for, dream of; desire, covet, yearn for, long for, want, need, crave; hunger for, have an appetite or taste for.
5. aim for, shoot for, have an ideal or goal, scheme or plan toward, intend, purpose; seek, search for, look for, follow.
ambitious, adj. 1. aspiring, hoping, dreaming, wishful, yearning, longing; desirous, craving, hungry, salivating; covetous, envious, green with envy, itching, discontent, discontented, dissatisfied.
2. avaricious, rapacious, voracious, greedy, acquisitive, grabbing, selfish, climbing, goal-oriented; exploitative, predatory, predacious, preying, taking advantage; scheming, planning, designing, Inf on the make.
3. enterprising, go-ahead, striving, assertive, aggressive, driving, pushing, Inf pushy; energetic, vigorous, forceful, full of vim and vigor; zealous, ardent, fervent, fervid, avid, earnest, enthusiastic, eager, spirited.
4. courageous, brave, audacious, bold, daring; ostentatious, pretentious, showy, show-offish, Icarian.