| Main Entry: | dicey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | risky |
Synonyms: |
capricious, chancy, dangerous, difficult, erratic, fluctuant, iffy, incalculable, ticklish, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, safe, sure |
| Main Entry: | chancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, risky |
Synonyms: |
capricious, contingent, dicey, erratic, fluctuant, fluky, hazardous, iffy, incalculable, precarious, problematic, problematical, rocky, speculative, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsound, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, not dangerous, safe, secure, sure, tried |
| Main Entry: | doubtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | questionable, unclear |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, contingent, debatable, dicey, disreputable, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fat chance, fishy, hazardous, hazy, iffy, impugnable, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, long shot, obscure, on thin ice, open, pending, precarious, problematic, shady, sneaky*, speculative, suspect, suspicious, touch-and-go, touchy, uncertain, unconfirmed, undecided, uneasy, unsettled, unstable, unsure, up for grabs |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
Antonyms: |
certain, clear, confirmed, decided, definite, exact, resolved, settled, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | erratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable; wandering |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, directionless, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, fluctuant, idiosyncratic, iffy, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, shifting, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, undirected, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging |
| Main Entry: | hazardous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, unpredictable |
Synonyms: |
chancy, dicey, difficult, hairy*, haphazard, hot*, insecure, parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked |
Antonyms: |
certain, guarded, predictable, protected, safe, secure |
| Main Entry: | iffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain |
Synonyms: |
capricious, chancy, conditional, dicey, doubtful, erratic, fluctuant, in lap of gods, incalculable, problematic, undecided, unpredictable, unsettled, up in the air, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, reliable, sure |
| Main Entry: | perilous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
Synonyms: |
Russian roulette, chancy, delicate, dicey, dynamite, exposed, hairy*, hazardous, insecure, loaded, on thin ice, playing with fire, precarious, risky, rugged, shaky, threatening, ticklish, touch and go, touchy, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vulnerable, wicked* |
Antonyms: |
ok, safe, secure |
| Main Entry: | precarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tricky, doubtful |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy*, hanging by a thread, hazardous, iffy, impugnable, indecisive, insecure, loaded, on thin ice, open, out on a limb, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, rugged*, sensitive, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touch and go, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, firm, stable, strong, sure, undoubted |
| Main Entry: | risky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
Synonyms: |
chancy, delicate, dicey, endangered, fraught with danger, going for broke, hairy*, hanging by a thread, hazardous, iffy, insecure, jeopardous, long shot, not a prayer, off the deep end, on slippery ground, on the spot, on thin ice, out on a limb, perilous, playing with fire, precarious, rocky, sensitive, speculative, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, wide-open |
Antonyms: |
assured, certain, safe, sure |
| Main Entry: | speculative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theoretical |
Synonyms: |
abstract, analytical, assumed, conceptive, dangerous, dicey, experimental, formularized, hairy, hazardous, hypothetical, ideal, idealized, ideological, iffy, in theory, intellectual, logical, notional, philosophical, presumed, risky, uncertain, unproved, unproven, unsubstantiated |