Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ambages

1 sense of ambages

Sense 1
ambages -- ((archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action)
       => way, path, way of life -- (a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ambage

1 sense of ambage

Sense 1
circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage -- (a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things)
       => verboseness, verbosity -- (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)