Synonyms for Doubtful

Synonyms for "doubtful" (218 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Adjective(4 words)

a bit thicka bit thinabsurd agnostic alleged ambiguous amoral apocryphal arbitrary arguableat issuebeyond beliefborderline censurable chancy clouded confutable conjectural conscienceless contestable

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contingent controversial controvertible corrupt corrupted criminal crooked dark debatable deniable devious dicey dishonest dishonorable disinclined disputable disreputable

Verb(3 words)

demurring disbelieved disbelieving

Strong matches (65)

distrustful doubt doubtable doubting dubious dubitable equivocal erratic evasive felonious fishy fraudulentfrom missourihard of beliefhard to believehardly possiblehazy hesitant hesitating humean

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hypothetical iffy ill-got ill-gotten immoral implausible improbablein disputein doubtin dubioin questioninconceivable incredible incredulous indecisive indefinite indeterminate indirect insecure insidious leery marginal mistakable mistrustful mistrusting mootmore than doubtfulnot deserving beliefnot koshernot to be believedobscure

Adjective(11 words)

dubious claimdubitableenvironmental education viewfeasible iffier iffiest impugnablein questionincertainlow credibilitynegative mood

Noun(2 words)

improbable descriptormurmuring

Verb(1 words)

mistrusted

Related words (109)

openopen to doubtopen to questionopen to suspicionpassing beliefprecarious preposterous problematic problematical pyrrhonic queasy queer question questionable questioning refutable ridiculous rocky rotten sceptical

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Noun(3 words)

portuguese remotounlikely eventvery doubtful

Adjective(18 words)

possible probable problematical questionablestrong suspicionsuspiciousunbelievable claimuncertain uncorroboratedunfavorable conditionunfounded rumorunproven itemsunsureunverifiable dataunverified belief claimunverified data sourceswarierweak degree

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

possibility state suspicion uncertainty

More specific

9 entries

doubtful claimdoubtful evidencedoubtful forecastdoubtful hypothesisdoubtful outcomedoubtful possibilitydoubtful resultdoubtful scenariodoubtful source

Collocations

5 entries

doubtful claimdoubtful evidencedoubtful hypothesisdoubtful outcomedoubtful source

Inflections

2 entries

more doubtfulmost doubtful

Derivations

2 entries

doubtfully doubtfulness

similar

5 entries

incertain questionable uncertain unsettled unsure

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

One thing remains doubtful.

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I'm doubtful about what I ought to do.

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It is doubtful whether Bill will come.

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Mrs. Harris is very doubtful about her son's future.

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Doubtful