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Tentative

//ˈtɛntətɪv//

Synonyms for "tentative" (273 found)

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Informal (33)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

go crack spare shy safe

Name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

simple try stab pilot phony proxy whack lazy

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adv, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

poky ignorant wobbly

Adj, slang(3 words)

shifty dangerous hit-or-miss

General use (240)

Noun, verb(29 words)

stroke move approach substitute shifting essay crawling assay effort endeavor attempt creeping undertaking straining strolling gambit experiment limping trudging ambling

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toddling hobbling sticking groping sauntering waddling stickling shilly-shallying proving

Adj, noun, verb(25 words)

token empty moderate fake trial counterfeit feeling alternate equivalent politic shuffling halting staggering tottering flagging backup acting stopgap trying faltering

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poking hesitating testing examining demurring

Adj, name, noun, verb(4 words)

idle mock gentle willing

Name, noun, verb(3 words)

reserve offer fling

Adj, noun(33 words)

secondary uncertain languid inane makeshift awkward naive utility alternative temporary ersatz mindful unreliable lumbering interim conditional gradual provisional unfamiliar apprehensive

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empirical unknowing exploratory experimental know-nothing heuristic noncommittal nescient claudicant zetetic probationary provisory fact-finding

Adj, name, noun(3 words)

innocent callow resolute

Adj, verb(12 words)

deliberate unstable relaxed infirm unsteady determined guarded supposed improvised disinclined unposted jury-rigged

Noun(4 words)

imitation foot-dragging trial and error jibbing

Adjective(88 words)

unsound shaky sluggish slippery desultory indecisive insubstantial uneasy careful unsubstantial unripe treacherous languorous prudent cautious unsure reluctant speculative ticklish vacuous

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Adj, name, noun, prep(1 words)

Adjective(4 words)

doubtful provisional probationary provisionary

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

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leaving out nothing overlooking no possibility slow to act jury rigged fact finding trial-and-error

Adj, adv(3 words)

leisurely gingerly ad hoc

Verb(3 words)

vacillate hobbled scrupling

Adverb(1 words)

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