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Synonyms for uncertainty
noun doubt, changeableness

anxiety
ambivalence
confusion
mistrust
distrust
uneasiness
ambiguity
suspicion
skepticism
trouble
worry

concern
dilemma
oscillation
puzzle
qualm
mystification
conjecture
dubiety
perplexity
query
wonder

hesitation
disquiet
puzzlement
indecision
misgiving
incertitude
doubtfulness
irresolution
vagueness
hesitancy
scruple

bewilderment
quandary
guesswork
contingency
reserve
unpredictability
inconclusiveness
lack of confidence
questionableness

Antonyms for uncertainty

calmness
composure
contentment
happiness
clarity
reality

assurance
peace
certainty
belief
confidence
faith

trust
solution
truth
sureness
definiteness
security

Concept Thesaurus for word uncertainty
Degrees of Evidence
Synonyms – noun

uncertainty
dubiety
hesitation
dilemma
diaporesis
fog
double contingency
blind bargain
needle in a haystack
fallibility.

incertitude
dubitation
suspense
bewilderment
indetermination.
obscurity (darkness)
possibility upon a possibility
pig in a poke
needle in a bottle of hay

doubt
dubitancy
perplexity
timidity (fear)
vagueness
ambiguity (double meaning)
open question (question)
leap in the dark
roving commission.

doubtfulness
dubitousness.
embarrassment
vacillation
haze
contingency
onus probandi
something or other
precariousness

Synonyms – verbs

be uncertain
scent
not know whether one stands on one’s head or one’s heels
lose oneself
put out
embarrass
bother
ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces
tremble in the balance

wonder whether.
miss one’s way.
float in a sea of doubt
lose one’s head
pose
confuse
molder
keep in suspense.
depend.

lose the clue
not know what to make of (unintelligibility)
hesitate
muddle one’s brains.
puzzle
confound
addle the wits
doubt (disbelieve)

lose the clew
not know which way to turn
flounder
render uncertain
perplex
bewilder
throw off the scent
hang in the balance

Synonyms – adjectives

uncertain
doubtful
undecided
controvertible
indefinite
undefinable
dazed.
apocryphal
fallible
ticklish
untrustworthy.

casual
dubious
undetermined
in question (inquiry)
ambiguous
confused (indistinct)
perplexing
problematical
questionable
debatable

random (aimless)
indecisive
in suspense
vague
equivocal
mystic
enigmatic
hypothetical
precarious
disputable

changeable
unsettled
open to discussion
indeterminate
undefined
oracular
paradoxical
experimental
slippery
unreliable

Synonyms – phrases
Heaven knows; who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces.
Antonyms

certainty

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