Definition for Dubious:

• open to doubt or suspicion; " the candidate's doubtful past"; " he has a dubious record indeed"; " what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; " it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

Synonyms for Dubious:

• adj.

  •disreputable (adjective)
  • louche,
  • disreputable,
  • notorious,
  • risque,
  • infamous,
  • nefarious,
  • ribald,
  • contemptible.
  •doubtful (adjective)
  • wavering,
  • Mootable,
  • perplexed.
  •ridiculous (adjective)
  • grotesque,
  • laughable,
  • nonsensical,
  • silly,
  • eccentric,
  • bizarre,
  • poppycock,
  • outlandish,
  • weird,
  • outrageous,
  • farcical,
  • curious,
  • foolish,
  • comical,
  • ludicrous,
  • oddball,
  • crazy.
  •skeptical (adjective)
  • unbelieving,
  • cynical.

• n.

  •
  • sceptical.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • thieving,
  • chancy,
  • machiavellian,
  • lowdown,
  • wily.
  •
  • inconclusive,
  • artful.
  •
  • shabby,
  • wobbly,
  • manipulative.
  •
  • borderline,
  • bent.
  •
  • clever.
  •
  • low.
  •
  • sharp.
  •Other relevant words:
  • insulting,
  • challengeable,
  • uncomplimentary,
  • contemptuous,
  • despicable,
  • nervous,
  • hazy,
  • inconstant,
  • indeterminate,
  • paltry,
  • odd,
  • base,
  • Teetering,
  • wobbling,
  • shadowy,
  • mystifying,
  • fuzzy,
  • tentative,
  • disgraceful,
  • touch-and-go,
  • chary,
  • loath,
  • unfaithful,
  • trifling,
  • probationary,
  • blurred,
  • incomprehensible,
  • frail,
  • indistinct,
  • vacillating,
  • untested,
  • peculiar,
  • uneasy,
  • sensitive,
  • tortuous,
  • Disrespectable,
  • unsealed,
  • hesitating,
  • Distrusting,
  • ticklish,
  • imagined,
  • negligible,
  • impeach,
  • cautious,
  • cowboy,
  • heinous,
  • unconfirmed,
  • unreasonable,
  • insane,
  • suspected,
  • irresponsible,
  • foreign,
  • marginal,
  • on the edge,
  • flimsy,
  • smoggy,
  • unsupported,
  • wild,
  • dicey,
  • dodgy,
  • rickety,
  • restricted,
  • puzzling,
  • fanciful,
  • polemic,
  • Dubitative,
  • strange,
  • baffling,
  • provisionary,
  • vicious,
  • opprobrious,
  • mysterious,
  • oracular,
  • careful,
  • reticent,
  • unfamiliar,
  • derisive,
  • Contradictable,
  • untrue,
  • feeble,
  • in suspense,
  • notional,
  • insubstantial,
  • sketchy,
  • qualified,
  • enigmatic,
  • apprehensive,
  • confutative,
  • ideational,
  • perplexing,
  • foggy,
  • undefined,
  • in the balance,
  • reprehensible,
  • disbelieving,
  • unproved,
  • mad,
  • SUSS,
  • unrealistic,
  • delicate,
  • unspecified,
  • scandalous,
  • ignominious,
  • indisposed,
  • delphic,
  • hairy,
  • unrespectable,
  • nebulous,
  • under suspicion,
  • perilous,
  • weak,
  • bad,
  • queasy,
  • forced,
  • irregular,
  • inquiry,
  • difficult,
  • cryptic,
  • uncertainly,
  • anybody's guess,
  • vile,
  • unhopeful,
  • risky,
  • provisional,
  • dangerous,
  • obscure,
  • impossible,
  • wicked,
  • iniquitous,
  • abject,
  • polemical,
  • dishonourable,
  • imaginary,
  • confused,
  • unsubstantial,
  • confusable,
  • Unconceivable,
  • stretched,
  • strained,
  • scoffing,
  • labyrinthine,
  • insignificant,
  • faltering,
  • discreditable,
  • shameful,
  • meagre,
  • disparaging,
  • confusing,
  • cloudlike,
  • misty,
  • hazardous,
  • fantastic.

Paraphrases for Dubious:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    questionable, doubtful.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    ambiguous, contentious, precarious, borderline, in-doubt, disputed, obscure, problematic, suspected, unreliable, inconclusive, hesitant, vague, disturbing, unsound, unclear, skeptical, shaky, impaired, moot, bad, insecure, worrying, sad, alarming, mysterious, disquieting, inappropriate, unambiguous.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    suspicious, disputable, debatable, controversial, uncertain, contestable, shady, suspect, dodgy, objectionable, murky, sceptical, unsavoury, equivocal, arguable, disreputable, fishy, shadowy, unsure.

Antonyms for Dubious:

• adj.

  • doubtful
    trustworthy, determined, likely, doubtless, secure, unquestionable, reliable, probable, unobscure, certain, believable, trusty, definite, undoubted, Undoubtful, positive, Indubious, unambiguous, sure, aboveboard, honest, clear.
  • vague, unclear
    settled.
  • Other antonyms:
    perspicuous, unquestioned, unquestioning, Questionless, unequivocal, distinct, ready, glad, earthly, plain, unproblematic, manifest, self-assured, inclined, decided, enthusiastic, keen, hands down, convinced, evident, imaginable, disposed, open-and-shut, willing, potential, lucid, happy, eager, definitive.

Homophones for Dubious:

• Dovish, debs, dative case, dovekie, daviesia, device, daybook, debase, deific, dibbuk, depose, diaphysis, daboecia, dipsacus, deface, devisee, devious, debug, devise, deep kiss, dipsacaceae, day book, debauchee, debussy, devices, dybbuk, dieback, devoice, dubuque, diffuse, du bois, De Bakey, defog, deep-sea, davys, deedbox, dabchick, deep-six, debauch, doofus, davis, die back, diadophis, ditty bag, dipus, debouch, database, date back, defuse.