Synonyms for uncertain
- adjective
- noun
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Ambiguous — not certain; unsure
doubtful, unsettled, equivocal, dubious, shaky, unreliable, precarious, indefinite, variable, indistinct, questionable, changeable, vague, ambivalent, unsure, iffy, capricious, insecure, fluctuating, indeterminate, problematic, dicey
Other
distrustful, undependable, unsealed, unpunctual, doubtable, noncertain, maybeish rare
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not certain; unsure.
- n. 1
Something uncertain; everything uncertain.
Near-synonyms: uncertainty (countable sense), uncertainties
Related words
- Word family
- uncertainness uncertainly uncertainty
Example sentences
- doubtful It's doubtful whether Tom will be able to do that.
- dubious He also brought out one more dubious conclusion.
- unsettled Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.
- equivocal Research in this area is somewhat equivocal.
- distrustful I was distrustful of his motives.
By length
- 4 letters
- iffy2
- 5 letters
- vague1, shaky2, dicey2
- 6 letters
- unsure2
- 7 letters
- dubious3
- 8 letters
- variable4, insecure3, doubtful2, unsealed2, maybeish
- 9 letters
- unsettled3, equivocal4, doubtable
- 10 letters
- contingent3, unreliable5, indefinite4, precarious4, indistinct3, ambivalent4, changeable3, capricious3, unpunctual, noncertain
- 11 letters
- uncertainty4, problematic4, fluctuating4, distrustful3
- 12 letters
- questionable4, undependable
- 13 letters
- indeterminate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (iffy2 = 2 syllables).