Students are expected to stay away from dubious places.
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Dubious
//ˈdu.bi.əs//
Synonyms for "dubious" (199 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
deviousdishonestdishonorabledisinclineddisputabledisreputabledistrustfuldouble-mindeddoubtabledoubtingdubitableequivocalerraticevasivefallaciousfalsefeloniousfence-sittingfence-straddlingfickle
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fishyfly-by-nightfraudulentfrom missourihallucinatoryhard of beliefhard to believehardly possiblehesitanthumeaniffyill-gotill-gottenillusiveillusoryimmoralimplausibleimprobablein disputein doubtin dubioinconceivableincredibleincredulousindecisiveindirectinfirm of purposeinsecureinsidiousirresoluteirresolvedleerymarginalmercurialmisleadingmistakablemistrustful
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (99)
mistrustingmootmore than doubtfulmugwumpianmugwumpishmutablenot deserving beliefnot koshernot to be believedobscureof two mindsopenopen to doubtopen to questionopen to suspicionpassing beliefpreposterousproblematicproblematicalpyrrhonic
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queasyqueerquestionablequestioningrefutablereluctantridiculousrockyrottenscrupulousshadyshakyshamelessshiftyshysinisterskepticskepticalslipperyspeculativestaggering beliefsuppositionalsuspectingsuspicioustalltenuousthickthintotterytreacheroustrickishtricksytrickytrustlessunbelievableuncertainunclearunconsciencedunconscientiousunconscionableunconvincedunconvincingundecidedundependableunderhandunderhandedundeterminedunearthlyunethicalungodlyunhealthyunimaginableunlikelyunpredictableunprincipledunpromisingunreliableunresolvedunsafeunsavoryunscrupulousunsettledunsoundunstableunsteadyunstraightforwardunsureunthinkableuntrustinguntrustworthyuntrustyunworthy of beliefwarywithout remorsewithout shame
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կասկածելի adj (arousing doubt)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şübhəli adj (arousing doubt)
Bulgarian
2 entries- несигурен adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- съмнителен adj (arousing doubt)
Czech
3 entries- nejistý adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- pochybný adj (arousing doubt)
- pochybující adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
Danish
4 entries- tvivlende adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- tvivlrådig adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- tvivlsom adj (arousing doubt)
- usikker adj (arousing doubt)
Dutch
2 entries- dubieus adj (arousing doubt)
- twijfelachtig adj (arousing doubt)
Finnish
4 entries- arveluttava adj (arousing doubt)
- epäilevä adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- epäilyttävä adj (arousing doubt)
- epäluuloinen adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
French
4 entries- douteux adj (arousing doubt)
- douteux adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- dubitatif adj (arousing doubt)
- louche adj (arousing doubt)
Georgian
4 entries- არასანდო adj (arousing doubt)
- არასანდო adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- არასარწმუნო adj (arousing doubt)
- არასარწმუნო adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
German
4 entries- dubios adj (arousing doubt)
- fragwürdig adj (arousing doubt)
- ominös adj (arousing doubt)
- unsicher adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
Greek
4 entries- αβέβαιος adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- αμφίβολος adj (arousing doubt)
- αμφιλεγόμενος adj (arousing doubt)
- αναποφάσιστος adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
Hindi
1 entries- संदेहास्पद adj (arousing doubt)
Hungarian
4 entries- bizonytalan adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- habozik adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- kérdéses adj (arousing doubt)
- kétes adj (arousing doubt)
Italian
4 entries- ambiguo adj (arousing doubt)
- bieco adj (arousing doubt)
- dubbio adj (arousing doubt)
- equivoco adj (arousing doubt)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұшты adj (arousing doubt)
Latin
2 entries- dubius adj (arousing doubt)
- dubius adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
Māori
2 entries- haurokuroku adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- kārangirangi adj (arousing doubt)
Norwegian
3 entries- tvilrådig adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- usikker adj (arousing doubt)
- usikker adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tvilsom adj (arousing doubt)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شبههلو adj (arousing doubt)
Polish
3 entries- niepewny adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- nieprzekonany adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- wątpliwy adj (arousing doubt)
Portuguese
3 entries- duvidoso adj (arousing doubt)
- dúbio adj (arousing doubt)
- em dúvida adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
Romanian
2 entries- dubios adj (arousing doubt)
- îndoielnic adj (arousing doubt)
Russian
3 entries- колеблющийся adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- сомневающийся adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- сомни́тельный adj (arousing doubt)
Spanish
4 entries- aleatorio adj (arousing doubt)
- ambiguo adj (arousing doubt)
- avieso adj (arousing doubt)
- dudoso adj (arousing doubt)
Swedish
1 entries- tvivelaktig adj (arousing doubt)
Turkish
2 entries- kararsız adj (in disbelief, uncertain)
- şüpheli adj (arousing doubt)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He also brought out one more dubious conclusion.
Source: tatoeba (327081)
I'm dubious about claims to speak more than five languages fluently.
Source: tatoeba (562346)
Tom has a dubious reputation.
Source: tatoeba (1520386)
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