Synonyms: uncertain
Definition: ambiguous (especially in the negative)
Usage: she spoke in no uncertain terms
Similar words: ambiguous
Definition: having more than one possible meaning
Usage: ambiguous words; frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
Synonyms: uncertain
Definition: not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
Usage: an uncertain future; a manuscript of uncertain origin; plans are still uncertain; changes of great if uncertain consequences; without further evidence his story must remain uncertain
Similar words: indefinite
Definition: not decided or not known
Usage: were indefinite about their plans; plans are indefinite
Similar words: up in the air
Definition: very uncertain
Usage: left everything up in the air
Synonyms: uncertain, unsure, incertain
Definition: lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
Usage: uncertain of his convictions; unsure of himself and his future; moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps; an uncertain smile; touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
Similar words: ambivalent
Definition: uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
Usage: was ambivalent about having children
Similar words: doubtful, dubious
Definition: fraught with uncertainty or doubt
Usage: they were doubtful that the cord would hold; it was doubtful whether she would be admitted; dubious about agreeing to go
Similar words: groping
Definition: acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
Usage: a groping effort to understand
Synonyms: uncertain
Definition: not certain to occur; not inevitable
Usage: everything is uncertain about the army; the issue is uncertain
Similar words: iffy, chancy, flukey, fluky
Definition: subject to accident or chance or change
Usage: a chancy appeal at best; getting that job was definitely fluky; a fluky wind; an iffy proposition
Similar words: contingent
Definition: uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
Usage: the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain- George Eliot
Similar words: up in the air
Definition: not yet determined
Usage: plans are still up in the air
Synonyms: uncertain
Definition: not consistent or dependable
Usage: an uncertain recollection of events; a gun with a rather uncertain trigger
Similar words: undependable, unreliable
Definition: not worthy of reliance or trust
Usage: in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable; an undependable assistant
Synonyms: unsettled, uncertain, changeable
Definition: subject to change
Usage: a changeable climate; the weather is uncertain; unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other
Similar words: variable
Definition: liable to or capable of change
Usage: rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable; variable winds; variable expenses