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Synonyms for uncertainty
ʌnˈsɜr tn tiun·cer·tain·ty

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  1. uncertaintynoun

    Antonyms:
    certainty

  2. uncertaintynoun

    Antonyms:
    certainty

  3. uncertaintynoun

    Antonyms:
    certainty

  4. uncertaintynoun

    Antonyms:
    certainty

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. uncertaintynoun

    Doubt is a lack of conviction that may refer either to matters of belief or to matters of practise. As regards belief, while doubt is lack of conviction, disbelief is conviction, to the contrary; unbelief refers to a settled state of mind, generally accompanied with opposition of heart. Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent. Perplexity presses toward a solution; doubt may be content to linger unresolved. Any improbable statement awakens incredulity. In theological usage unbelief and skepticism have a condemnatory force, as implying wilful rejection of manifest truth. As regards practical matters, uncertainty applies to the unknown or undecided; doubt implies some negative evidence. Suspense regards the future, and is eager and anxious; uncertainty may relate to any period, and be quite indifferent. Misgiving is ordinarily in regard to the outcome of something already done or decided; hesitation, indecision, and irresolution have reference to something that remains to be decided or done, and are due oftener to infirmity of will than to lack of knowledge. Distrust and suspicion apply especially to the motives, character, etc., of others, and are more decidedly adverse than doubt. Scruple relates to matters of conscience and duty.

    Synonyms:
    disbelief, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, unbelief

    Antonyms:
    assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, persuasion, resolution, resolve

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousnessnoun

    being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

    "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

    Synonyms:
    dubiety, incertitude, doubtfulness, doubt, dubiousness, uncertainness, precariousness

    Antonyms:
    sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion

  2. doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousnessnoun

    the state of being unsure of something

    Synonyms:
    dubiety, incertitude, doubtfulness, precariousness, dubiousness, doubt, uncertainness, question

    Antonyms:
    foregone conclusion, sure thing, certainty

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. exegesis

    grammar in clarifications are rather ambiguous

    i'm not quiet convinced of his explanations, i'm not sure of his intentions

    Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 24, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. uncertaintynoun

    Synonyms:
    ambiguity, doubt, obscurity, vagueness, dubiousness, incertitude, doubtfulness

  2. uncertaintynoun

    Synonyms:
    contingency

  3. uncertaintynoun

    Synonyms:
    irregularity, variableness, changeableness, capriciousness

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How to use uncertainty in a sentence?

  1. Harry Minas:

    The uncertainty of what happened to those children, the desperate hope that maybe they did survive somehow, that irresistible idea that they might be reunited, what parent wouldn't think about that?

  2. Jim Manley:

    Ohio reflects the broader debate that's going on about economic uncertainty and the impact of free trade in particular, it's very clear that Donald Trump intends to make a major play for the industrial Midwest and so I think this highlights that she doesn't intend to let him get away with it.

  3. Elena Duggar:

    Uncertainty will dampen business investment and trade flows.

  4. Ed Campbell:

    One of the things Trump is doing with trade is he's using it as a cudgel against the Fed, the Fed is citing uncertainty relating to trade as a reason they're open to cutting rates.

  5. Victor Shum:

    When contracts expire there is more uncertainty and volatility associated with oil. For investors speculating, directionally WTI seems to be facing more pressure heading down. Brent will move upwards.


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