| Main Entry: | uncertainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt, changeableness |
Synonyms: |
ambiguity, ambivalence, anxiety, bewilderment, concern, confusion, conjecture, contingency, dilemma, disquiet, distrust, doubtfulness, dubiety, guesswork, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresolution, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, mystification, oscillation, perplexity, puzzle, puzzlement, qualm, quandary, query, questionableness, reserve, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, trouble, uneasiness, unpredictability, vagueness, wonder, worry |
Antonyms: |
certainty, definiteness, security, sureness |
| Concept: | Uncertainty. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
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-nouns
uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety, dubitation, dubitancy, dubitousness., hesitation, suspense; perplexity, embarrassment, dilemma, bewilderment; timidity (fear); vacillation; diaporesis, indetermination., vagueness; haze, fog; obscurity (darkness); ambiguity (double meaning); contingency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility; open question (question); onus probandi; blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other; needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission., precariousness; fallibility.
-verbs
be uncertain; wonder whether., lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way., not know what to make of (unintelligibility), not know which way to turn, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels; float in a sea of doubt, hesitate, flounder; lose oneself, lose one's head; muddle one's brains., render uncertain; put out, pose, puzzle, perplex, embarrass; confuse, confound; bewilder, bother, molder, addle the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces; keep in suspense., doubt (disbelieve); hang in the balance, tremble in the balance; depend.
-adjectives
uncertain; casual; random (aimless); changeable., doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in suspense, open to discussion; controvertible; in question (inquiry)., vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused (indistinct); mystic, oracular; dazed., perplexing; enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical, hypothetical; experimental., fallible, questionable, precarious, slippery, ticklish, debatable, disputable; unreliable, untrustworthy.
-adverbs
pendente lite; sub spe rati.
-phrases
Heaven knows; who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces.
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Antonyms: |
certainty |
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| Main Entry: | ambiguity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncertainty of meaning |
Synonyms: |
anagram, double meaning, double-entendre, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, enigma, equivocacy, equivocality, equivocation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, obscurity, polysemousness, polysemy, puzzle, tergiversation, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness |
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certainty, clarity, clearness, definiteness, explicitness, lucidity |
| Main Entry: | ambivalence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equivocation |
Synonyms: |
confusion dilemma, doubt, fluctuation, gingerliness, haze, hesitancy, hesitation, iffiness, inconclusiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, muddle, quandary, tentativeness, uncertainty, unsureness |
Antonyms: |
certainty, decisiveness |
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
Synonyms: |
all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment |
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assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game of chance; money gambled |
Synonyms: |
action, ante, betting, chance, down on, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, odds on, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, random shot, risk, shot, shot in the dark, speculation, stake, sweepstakes, uncertainty, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | contingency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance happening; possibility |
Synonyms: |
accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour |
Antonyms: |
certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
Synonyms: |
clouds, crisis, double trouble, dynamite, emergency, endangerment, exigency, exposure, hot potato, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precariousness, precipice, probability, risk, risky business, slipperiness, storm, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, venture, vulnerability |
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care, carefulness, guard, preservation, safety, security |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith, conviction; questioning |
Synonyms: |
agnosticism, ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, demurral, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, perplexity, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering |
Antonyms: |
belief, certainty, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance, trust |
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, speculation |
Synonyms: |
action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot, lottery, outside chance, raffle, risk, shot in the dark, spec, stab*, throw of the dice, toss up, uncertainty, venture, wager |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
Antonyms: |
design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard |