UNCERTAIN


Meaning of UNCERTAIN in English

adjective

1.

not stable, consistent, or predictable

was in very uncertain health

Synonyms: capricious, chancy, dicey, erratic, fluctuant, iffy, incalculable, unpredictable, whimsical; compare inconstant 1

Related Word: questionable, undependable, unsettled; fickle, inconstant, insecure, unstable, unsure; changeable, mutable, protean, variable; unexpectable, unforeseeable

Idioms: in a state of uncertainty, in suspense

2.

Synonyms: inconstant 1, capricious, changeable, fickle, lubricious, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, unstable, volatile

3.

Synonyms: mutable 2, changeable, inconstant, shifty, slippery, unstable, unsteady, variable

4.

Synonyms: doubtful 1, borderline, dubious, indecisive, open, precarious, suspect, undecided, unsettled, unsure

Antonyms: certain

5.

Synonyms: moot , arguable, debatable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, mootable, problematic, questionable

Antonyms: certain

6.

Synonyms: obscure 3, ambiguous, amphibological, equivocal, sibylline, tenebrous, unclear, unexplicit, unintelligible, vague

7.

Synonyms: vacillating 2, faltering, halting, hesitant, irresolute, shilly-shallying, tentative, vacillatory, wiggle-waggle, wobbly

Idioms: at a loss

Antonyms: certain, set

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