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| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith, conviction; questioning |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, faithlessness, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, misgiving, mistrust, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering, agnosticism, demurral, dubiousness, faltering, irresolution, lack of confidence, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | belief, certainty, confidence, faith, reliance, trust, dependence |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lack confidence in; question |
| Synonyms: | challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, fluctuate, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, mistrust, query, scruple, shilly-shally*, surmise, suspect, vacillate, waver, be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, misdoubt, misgive, not buy, read differently, skepticize, smell a rat, take dim view of, wonder at |
| Antonyms: | believe, rely, trust, be certain, not question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambiguity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncertainty of meaning |
| Synonyms: | anagram, doubt, dubiety, enigma, equivocation, incertitude, obscurity, puzzle, uncertainty, vagueness, double meaning, double-entendre, doubtfulness, dubiousness, equivocacy, equivocality, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, polysemousness, polysemy, tergiversation, unclearness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, clarity, clearness, lucidity, definiteness, explicitness |
| Main Entry: | ambivalence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equivocation |
| Synonyms: | doubt, fluctuation, haze, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, muddle, quandary, uncertainty, confusion dilemma, gingerliness, iffiness, inconclusiveness, irresoluteness, tentativeness, unsureness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, decisiveness |
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
| Synonyms: | angst, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer*, drag*, dread, flap*, foreboding, fuss, goose bumps*, jitters, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, uneasiness, watchfulness, all-overs, ants in pants, botheration, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, fidgets, fretfulness, heebie-jeebies, jumps, nail-biting, needles, shakes, shivers, unease, willies, worriment |
| Antonyms: | assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apprehension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, fear |
| Synonyms: | alarm, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, foreboding, misgiving, mistrust, premonition, presage, presentiment, suspicion, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, apprehensiveness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, ease |
| Main Entry: | atheism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief that no God exists |
| Synonyms: | disbelief, doubt, heresy, impiety, infidelity, irreverence, nihilism, skepticism, freethinking, godlessness, iconoclasm, irreligion, nonbelief, paganism, unbelief |
| Antonyms: | belief, godliness, piety, religion |
| Main Entry: | cold feet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss of nerve preventing completion of an action |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, apprehension, doubt, fear, timidity, yellow streak, backing out, chicken heart, faint heart, fear of carrying out an activity, reservations, second thoughts, weak knees, white feather |
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, challenge |
| Synonyms: | blast, call in question, debate, dispute, doubt, give it one's all, go for it*, go for jugular, jockey for position, jump on, litigate, mix it up with, object to, oppose, push, question, scramble for, shoot for, stand up for, tangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, allow, give up, resign |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, fight, hem and haw*, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot*, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, strain, vacillate, wait and see*, waver, stickle, take exception |
| Notes: | demur is the verb 'to object or voice opposition' while demure is the adjective meaning 'modest, shy' |
| Antonyms: | accept, agree, consent, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, negate, negative, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, spurn, taboo, turn down, veto, withhold, call on, disacknowledge, enjoin from, keep back, not buy, say no to, take exception to, turn thumbs down |
| Antonyms: | accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, grant, go along |
| Main Entry: | diffidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitancy; lack of confidence |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reluctance, reserve, shyness, timidity, backwardness, mousiness, self-consciousness, sheepishness, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness |
| Antonyms: | boldness, confidence |
| Main Entry: | discount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; treat as insignificant |
| Synonyms: | belittle, brush off*, depreciate, derogate, disbelieve, discredit, disregard, doubt, fail, forget, minimize, mistrust, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, question, reject, scout, slight, blink at, detract from, dispraise, scoff at |
| Antonyms: | attend, recognize, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | agitate, altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, canvass, challenge, clash, confute, contend, contest, contradict, controvert, debate, deny, disaffirm, discept, discuss, disprove, doubt, gainsay, hassle, have at*, impugn, jump on one's case, kick around*, lock horns*, moot, negate, pick a bone, quarrel, question, quibble, rebut, refute, squabble, take on, thrash out, toss around*, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, give in, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith in something |
| Synonyms: | disbelief, doubt, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, skepticism, suspicion, wariness, misdoubt |
| Antonyms: | assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, surety, trust |
| Main Entry: | distrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be suspicious, skeptical of |
| Synonyms: | disbelieve, discredit, doubt, mistrust, question, suspect, be wary of, misbelieve, smell a rat, wonder about |
| Antonyms: | believe, credit, trust, be confident |
| Main Entry: | faithlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disloyalty |
| Synonyms: | betrayal, disbelief, dishonesty, doubt, fraud, infidelity, skepticism, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy, perfidiousness, perfidy, treacherousness |
| Antonyms: | belief, constancy, faithfulness, loyalty |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, cold feet*, concern, consternation, cowardice, despair, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, foreboding, fright, funk*, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, tremor, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, chickenheartedness, cold sweat, creeps, discomposure, faintheartedness, recreancy, trembling, unease |
| Antonyms: | bravery, courage, heroism, unconcern, fearlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, blow hot and cold*, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally*, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang*, hang back, hedge, hem and haw*, hold back, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pussyfoot*, scruple, seesaw*, shift, shrink, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, vacillate, waffle*, waver, weigh, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, hold off, pull back, shy away, sit on fence, think about, think twice |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hesitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waiting; uncertainty |
| Synonyms: | delay, delaying, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, fluctuation, hesitancy, indecision, indisposition, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, qualm, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, vacillation, wavering, averseness, dawdling, demurral, faltering, fumbling, hemming and hawing, indecisiveness, irresolution, procrastination, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unwillingness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, sureness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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