UNCERTAIN


Meaning of UNCERTAIN in English

adj. Function: adjective

1 not stable, consistent, or predictable FF1C; was in very uncertain health FF1E;

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

Related Words: 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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