Synonyms for ambivalent
- adjective
Most common
uncertain conflicted undecided mixed vacillating wavering indecisive
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Uncertain — simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or…
2. Vacillating — alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite
3. Indecisive
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
- adj. 2
Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.
Related words
- Word family
- ambiguous ambivalence
Example sentences
- mixed Stock prices were mixed on the Tokyo market today.
- uncertain Tom told me that he's uncertain what he should do.
- conflicted My brother is conflicted with everybody at work.
- undecided I wonder whether Tom and Mary are still undecided.
- wavering At present, trust in school education is wavering.
- vacillating After a lot of vacillating, I agreed to his request.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ambivalent | rising | |
| mixed | steady | |
| uncertain | steady | |
| conflicted | rising | |
| undecided | steady | |
| wavering | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- mixed1
- 6 letters
- labile
- 8 letters
- wavering3
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, undecided4, unsettled3
- 10 letters
- unresolved3, conflicted3, indecisive4, irresolute
- 11 letters
- fluctuating4, ineffectual5, vacillating4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wavering3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ambivalent
- Deutsch
- ambivalent
- Català
- ambivalent