What is another word for doubtful?
1043 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈa͡ʊtfə͡l], [ dˈaʊtfəl], [ d_ˈaʊ_t_f_əl]
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Similar words for doubtful:
- all (adjective)
- ambiguous (adjective)
- ambivalent (adjective)
- apocryphal (adjective)
- apprehensive (adjective)
- borderline (adjective)
- conjectural (adjective)
- controversial (adjective)
- debatable (adjective)
- diffident (adjective)
- disinclined (adjective)
- distrustful (adjective)
- enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
- far-fetched (adjective)
- fickle (adjective)
- halting (adjective)
- hesitant (adjective)
- hypothetical (adjective)
- iffy (adjective)
- ill (at ease) (adjective)
- ill at ease (adjective)
- implausible (adjective)
- improbable (adjective)
- incredulous (adjective)
- indecisive (adjective)
- indefinite (adjective)
- indistinct (adjective)
- inexplicit (adjective)
- inquiring (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- legendary (adjective)
- mistrustful (adjective)
- not believing (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- open (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- problematic (adjective)
- puzzled (adjective)
- queer (adjective)
- questionable, unclear (adjective)
- skeptical (adjective)
- suspicious (adjective)
- tenuous (adjective)
- unbelievable (adjective)
- unbelieving (adjective)
- unconceivable (adjective)
- undecided (adjective)
- unimaginable (adjective)
- unlikely (adjective)
- unpredictable (adjective)
- unresolved (adjective)
- unsettled (adjective)
- untrusting (adjective)
- unwilling (adjective)
- up in the air (adjective)
- vacillant (adjective)
- vacillatory (adjective)
- vague (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- confused (verb)
- other synonyms
- backward
- indefinite
- intoxicated
- other relevant words
- perplexed
Synonyms for Doubtful:
adj.
• all (adjective) • ambiguous (adjective)- in-conclusive,
- un clear,
- in determinate,
- in conclusive,
- puzzling,
- un intelligible,
- un-clearer,
- multi vocal,
- un-clearest,
- multi-vocal,
- most multivocal,
- more multivocal,
- un clearer,
- un clearest,
- most polysemous,
- in-determinate,
- more polysemous,
- un-clear,
- un-intelligible,
- opaque.
- dis-quieted,
- weakest,
- troubled,
- most scaredy-cat,
- in sweat,
- in a sweat,
- have cold feet,
- in dither,
- fore boding,
- more scaredy-cat,
- have hunch,
- more scaredycat,
- most foreboding,
- most scaredy cat,
- fore-boding,
- dis quieted,
- scaredycat,
- lilylivered,
- up-tight,
- un-easy,
- more disquieted,
- un easiest,
- more scaredy cat,
- un easy,
- more foreboding,
- un-easiest,
- most jellyfish,
- lily livered,
- in cold sweat,
- up tight,
- un easier,
- most disquieted,
- un-easier,
- worried sick,
- feel bones,
- more jellyfish,
- more butterflies,
- worried,
- most butterflies,
- most scaredycat.
- more figured,
- more surmising,
- more guesstimated,
- most figured,
- most guesstimated,
- guessing,
- on hunch,
- more guessing,
- on long shot,
- more surmised,
- most surmised,
- most surmising,
- guesstimated,
- most guessing.
- more debateable,
- most contended,
- most controvertible,
- more controvertible,
- most debateable,
- more contended,
- most contestable,
- more disputed,
- more doubtable,
- more contestable,
- most disputed,
- most doubtable.
- betwixt between,
- between sixes sevens,
- the jurys out,
- touch go,
- between rock hard place,
- jury's out,
- jurys out,
- bone contention,
- jury out,
- the jury out.
- in securer,
- in-securest,
- de-mure,
- re-tiring,
- unassuming,
- un poised,
- more blenching,
- un assured,
- un assertive,
- re tiring,
- selfconscious,
- un-assured,
- timorous,
- self-conscious,
- un obtrusive,
- most flinching,
- de mure,
- in-secure,
- un-obtrusive,
- more unpoised,
- re-served,
- un assuming,
- most unpoised,
- selfeffacing,
- un-poised,
- Unpoised,
- in securest,
- un-assertive,
- more unassertive,
- most unassured,
- in-securer,
- shrinking,
- most unassertive,
- more unassured,
- more rabbity,
- most blenching,
- self effacing,
- un-assuming,
- re served,
- in secure,
- most rabbity,
- with-drawn,
- more flinching,
- self conscious,
- with drawn.
- in disposed,
- most uneager,
- most sticking,
- more objecting,
- pro-testing,
- in-disposed,
- more shying,
- not mood,
- un-sympathetic,
- more uneager,
- slowest,
- not the mood,
- un sympathetic,
- un eager,
- pro testing,
- dis-inclined,
- anti-pathetic,
- more protesting,
- most objecting,
- more sticking,
- most balking,
- dis inclined,
- most protesting,
- most shying,
- un-eager,
- not in mood,
- anti pathetic,
- more balking.
- in explicable,
- more stickling,
- in decipherable,
- in comprehensible,
- teasing,
- most enigmatic,
- most stickling,
- more delphian,
- most stumping,
- more sphinxlike,
- in-explicable,
- in-comprehensible,
- more stumping,
- most delphian,
- in-scrutable,
- in scrutable,
- in-decipherable,
- most sphinxlike,
- un fathomable,
- sibylline.
- un realistic,
- hard swallow,
- in-credible,
- in-coherent,
- un convincing,
- un-realistic,
- in-consequential,
- in consequential,
- in credible,
- un-natural,
- far fetched,
- in coherent,
- un-convincing.
- more stammering,
- most faltering,
- un-handy,
- un handier,
- most stammering,
- un-handiest,
- most limping,
- more stumbling,
- stumbling,
- un-handier,
- unhandiest,
- un handiest,
- un handy,
- most stumbling,
- unhandier,
- more limping,
- more stuttering,
- most claudicant,
- more claudicant,
- most stuttering,
- more faltering.
- hypo-thetical,
- most pretending,
- most presupposed,
- more postulated,
- pre tending,
- more concocted,
- more pretending,
- most stochastic,
- un-confirmed,
- more stochastic,
- hypothetical,
- most unconfirmed,
- pre-tending,
- pre-supposed,
- pre supposed,
- hypo thetical,
- stochastic,
- more presupposed,
- most concocted,
- more refutable,
- more unconfirmed,
- Postulated,
- most conjecturable,
- most postulated,
- un confirmed,
- most refutable,
- provisory,
- more conjecturable.
- ill.
- in conceivable,
- full holes,
- re-achier,
- re-achy,
- reachier,
- un reasonable,
- un-substantial,
- reachiest,
- full of holes,
- un substantial,
- wont wash,
- re achy,
- re achier,
- re achiest,
- for birds,
- wont hold water,
- un-reasonable,
- re-achiest,
- in-conceivable.
- more astraddle,
- un stabler,
- un stable,
- more weak-kneed,
- un-stablest,
- more waffling,
- most astraddle,
- un-eventful,
- wishywashy,
- most weak kneed,
- weak-kneed,
- un-stable,
- weakkneed,
- weak kneed,
- un-stabler,
- in-decisive,
- hot cold,
- more weakkneed,
- most weakkneed,
- most waffling,
- most weak-kneed,
- in decisive,
- on fence,
- un eventful,
- wishy washy,
- un stablest,
- hemming hawing,
- more weak kneed.
- in finite,
- in numerable,
- un-limited,
- in-exhaustible,
- most indeterminable,
- illdefined,
- in-numerable,
- un-defined,
- most imprecise,
- un specific,
- in-tangible,
- un dependable,
- in determinable,
- more unfixed,
- in-exact,
- un defined,
- un known,
- in exact,
- ill defined,
- un-specific,
- in definite,
- un-fixed,
- un fixed,
- in-finite,
- innumerable,
- un-dependable,
- most unfixed,
- un-known,
- more imprecise,
- in exhaustible,
- inexact,
- most unspecific,
- in tangible,
- in-definite,
- more unspecific,
- more indeterminable,
- in-determinable.
- in discernible,
- in-conspicuous,
- un heard,
- more bleared,
- in-distinguishable,
- out focus,
- in-distinct,
- in distinct,
- misty,
- most blurred,
- in-discernible,
- more blurred,
- most bleared,
- mis tier,
- un-heard,
- in conspicuous,
- in distinguishable,
- in-audible,
- unheard,
- mis-tier,
- in audible.
- more fact finding,
- fact finding,
- most heuristic,
- more outward looking,
- most fact-finding,
- more interested,
- most outward looking,
- most fact finding,
- most examining,
- more factfinding,
- most catechistic,
- more heuristic,
- factfinding,
- in-quiring,
- more catechistic,
- in quiring,
- most factfinding,
- outward-looking,
- outwardlooking,
- more examining,
- more socratic,
- most investigatory,
- outward looking,
- most interested,
- more investigatory,
- most outward-looking,
- most outwardlooking,
- more fact-finding,
- most socratic,
- more outward-looking,
- more outwardlooking.
- more figmental,
- more unhistorical,
- more unhistoric,
- in-vented,
- more told,
- most fabricated,
- most figmental,
- more unverifiable,
- in vented,
- un-verifiable,
- un verifiable,
- handeddown,
- un-historical,
- most told,
- un-historic,
- un historical,
- more fabricated,
- most handed down,
- most handeddown,
- un historic,
- most handed-down,
- most unverifiable,
- most unhistoric,
- more created,
- most unhistorical,
- un-real,
- most created,
- more handeddown,
- more handed-down,
- more handed down,
- re-lated,
- Told.
- disconcerted,
- discomposed,
- in dilemma,
- like doubting thomas,
- baffled,
- in a quandary,
- not following,
- faltering,
- flustered,
- in clouds.
- without faith,
- lacking confidence,
- unexplicit,
- pendent,
- skeptical,
- unlikely,
- Stickling,
- inquiring,
- legendary,
- suspicious,
- Conjecturable,
- dubious,
- in dispute,
- Unhistorical,
- farfetched,
- hesitant,
- catechistic,
- implausible,
- reedy,
- under discussion,
- indefinite,
- up in the air,
- debateable,
- in a cold sweat,
- astraddle,
- clear as dishwater,
- unassertive,
- undetermined,
- indeterminable,
- problematical,
- arguable,
- unsubstantiated,
- improbable,
- Amphibological,
- indecisive,
- extra ordinary,
- debatable,
- enigmatical,
- in doubt,
- Butterflies,
- won't hold water,
- figmental,
- Unhandy,
- Multivocal,
- indistinct,
- unfixed,
- vacillant,
- won't wash,
- up for discussion,
- running hot and cold,
- Controvertible,
- halting,
- tentative,
- on a hunch,
- running scared,
- tenuous,
- non-believing,
- jellyfish,
- fact-finding,
- hard to swallow,
- in a dither,
- far-fetched,
- Claudicant,
- unresolved,
- untrusting,
- dithering,
- open to discussion,
- betwixt and between,
- unverifiable,
- ambiguous,
- unassured,
- inexplicit,
- not likely,
- problematic,
- not born yesterday on the lookout,
- unspecific,
- feel in bones,
- ill at ease,
- have a hunch,
- contestable,
- remote,
- irresolute,
- queer,
- obscure,
- unhistoric,
- vague,
- of two minds,
- on a long shot,
- the jury's out,
- open discussion,
- not in the mood,
- undecided,
- Doubtable,
- conjectural,
- been hit before,
- unsolved,
- have stage fright,
- heuristic,
- refutable,
- have funny feeling,
- apprehensive,
- reachy,
- between sixes and sevens,
- Sub Judice,
- polysemous,
- borderline,
- unconcluded,
- open to question,
- biting nails,
- unsettled,
- out-standing,
- enigmatic,
- hot and cold,
- open,
- hemming and hawing,
- incredulous,
- between rock and hard place,
- unbelievable,
- touch and go,
- scaredy cat,
- rabbity,
- nonbelieving,
- get vibes,
- sphinxlike,
- Shying,
- out of focus,
- heterodox,
- diffident,
- uneager,
- disputable,
- handed-down,
- investigatory,
- without belief,
- apocryphal,
- imprecise,
- scaredy-cat,
- for the birds.
- at sea,
- unglued,
- in a fog,
- at a loss,
- come unzipped,
- mystified,
- bollixed,
- clueless,
- come apart,
- without a clue,
- mind-blown,
- mucked up.
- un commoner,
- un canniest,
- dis quieting,
- un commonest,
- un-hinged,
- un common,
- un-canniest,
- un canny,
- un cannier,
- un-usual,
- un conventional,
- more outre,
- un-commoner,
- un usual,
- un-common,
- off wall,
- un hinged,
- dis-quieting,
- fly ball,
- extra-ordinary,
- off the wall,
- un-balanced,
- most outre,
- un-cannier,
- un-conventional.
- greeneyed,
- not born yesterday lookout,
- not born yesterday the lookout,
- more suspecting,
- green eyed,
- not born yesterday on lookout,
- most suspecting.
- reedier,
- more attenuated,
- in-substantial,
- most attenuate,
- most attenuated,
- in significant,
- more attenuate,
- reediest,
- in substantial.
- most dithering,
- un decided,
- un-committed,
- more dithering,
- un-decided,
- in the middle,
- un finished,
- running hot cold,
- un committed,
- in middle,
- un-finished,
- more pendent.
- not understandable,
- in-apprehensible,
- un-imaginable,
- most inapprehensible,
- in-effable,
- un ordinary,
- in-describable,
- in apprehensible,
- unknowable,
- un knowable,
- unheardof,
- most unknowable,
- un imaginable,
- more inapprehensible,
- un-knowable,
- beyond wildest dreams,
- in describable,
- in effable,
- Inapprehensible,
- more unknowable,
- un-ordinary.
- out ordinary,
- un likely,
- un-likeliest,
- out of ordinary,
- un-likelier,
- un-likely,
- un likeliest,
- un likelier.
n.
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- faithless,
- inopportune,
- inappropriate,
- perplexed,
- unseemly,
- distracted,
- untimely,
- improper,
- untoward,
- inconvenient,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- disturbed,
- unbecoming.
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- likely.
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- honest.
- felonious,
- unstraightforward,
- indirect,
- unsteady,
- unreliable,
- dishonest,
- insecure,
- leery,
- unearthly,
- open to doubt,
- underhanded,
- unconscientious,
- quandary,
- unsure,
- shifty,
- uncertainty,
- corrupted,
- crooked,
- suppositional,
- unpromising,
- in question,
- more than doubtful,
- amoral,
- inconceivable,
- questioning,
- clouded,
- deniable,
- thin,
- not deserving belief,
- shy,
- preposterous,
- conscienceless,
- unimaginable,
- untrustworthy,
- unprincipled,
- corrupt,
- unstable,
- sinister,
- indeterminate,
- wary,
- hard of belief,
- queasy,
- thick,
- blow,
- Pyrrhonic,
- hardly possible,
- scrupulous,
- confutable,
- dishonorable,
- involved,
- ungodly,
- insidious,
- fishy,
- moot,
- equivocal,
- wavering,
- unsound,
- controversial,
- dubitable,
- beyond belief,
- dither,
- iffy,
- a bit thick,
- chary,
- distrustful,
- rotten,
- askance,
- hum,
- shady,
- criminal,
- wet,
- unhealthy,
- incredible,
- open to suspicion,
- Suspecting,
- indecision,
- wishy-washy,
- from missouri,
- unethical,
- absurd,
- unconvinced,
- hem,
- fraudulent,
- haw,
- not kosher,
- dark,
- treacherous,
- uncertain,
- hazy,
- unsafe,
- unthinkable,
- tall,
- precarious,
- speculative,
- ambivalent,
- uneasy,
- agnostic,
- devious,
- passing belief,
- a bit thin,
- unsavory,
- hard to believe,
- foot,
- jury,
- underhand,
- mistrusting,
- nonplussed,
- vacillating,
- skeptic,
- straddle,
- in dubio,
- two,
- unscrupulous,
- immoral,
- Mistakable,
- unpredictable,
- rudderless,
- shade,
- undependable,
- unconscionable,
- without shame,
- humean,
- unworthy of belief,
- hesitating,
- shaky,
- unconscienced,
- Shilly-shally,
- tottery,
- wobbly,
- Conflicted,
- ridiculous,
- rocky,
- contingent,
- unclear,
- sceptical,
- unconvincing,
- doubting,
- vacillate,
- shameless,
- wobble,
- sit,
- incertain,
- questionable,
- at issue,
- tricky,
- ill-gotten,
- slippery,
- waver,
- Ill-got,
- touch-and-go,
- without remorse,
- suspect,
- direction,
- noncommittal,
- chancy,
- disreputable,
- fence-sitter,
- staggering belief,
- mistrustful,
- evasive,
- limbo.
v.
• confused (verb)Other synonyms:
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- contested,
- reputed,
- fallacious,
- anecdotal,
- supposed,
- baseless,
- supposedly,
- alleged,
- unscientific,
- uncorroborated,
- outwardly,
- seeming,
- prima facie,
- purported,
- rumored,
- ostensible,
- misguided,
- unsupported,
- confused,
- specious,
- trumped-up,
- not really,
- groundless,
- bewildered,
- unconfirmed,
- impressionistic,
- Misconceived,
- putative,
- Mootable,
- unproven,
- presumptive,
- allegedly,
- factitious,
- unfounded,
- apparently,
- misleading,
- seemingly,
- ill-founded.
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•
- illogical,
- lost,
- subjective,
- false,
- transparent,
- changeable,
- spurious,
- inconclusive,
- lame,
- exceptionable,
- Unapt,
- bank on.
-
•
- invalid.
- odd.
How to use "Doubtful" in context?
One of the most common negative emotions people experience is doubt. Doubt can happen when we feel uncertain about something, such as our abilities or whether we made the right decision. Doubt can also be a sign that we're considering something that might be too risky or dangerous. Regardless of the cause, doubts can be frustrating and can make it difficult to go forward with our plans or objectives. When doubts are persistent, they can lead to negative thinking and can crowd out positive thoughts. Unfortunately, doubting our abilities can also lead to decreased confidence and ultimately self-doubt. One way to combat doubt is to be mindful of it.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
dubious, questionable, uncertain.
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Proper noun, singular
questionable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
ambiguous, arguable, borderline, contentious, controversial, difficult, disputable, disputed, dodgy, equivocal, hesitant, implausible, inconclusive, insecure, likely, objectionable, precarious, probable, problematic, shady, sure, suspected, unreliable, doubted, in-doubt.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
debatable, improbable, problematical, sceptical, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, unclear, unconvinced, unlikely, unsure.
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Proper noun, singular
suspicious.
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Adjective
Homophones for Doubtful:
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