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uncertainty

/ʌnˈsɝtənti/noun4 syllables

Uncertainty means: the state of being unsure of something.

Synonyms for uncertainty7

noun, as in the state of being unsure of something

doubt, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness

noun, as in being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

uncertainness, precariousness

Opposites of uncertainty

certainty

What does uncertainty mean?2

noun

1

the state of being unsure of something

2

being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance“the uncertainty of the outcome”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with uncertainty?1

three syllables

certainty
Show 33 near rhymes
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Uncertainty in a sentence

  • You navigate life with grace, even in the face of uncertainty.Igider
  • Well, what about the economic price to be paid due to uncertainty?vvv123
  • When faced with uncertainty, his confident smile reassures others.Nuel
  • Ziri's eyes were flooded with uncertainty and fear.Amastan
  • He lives in a perpetual state of uncertainty.Nuel
  • We're living in a time of great uncertainty.Nuel
  • Last year was a period of economic uncertainty.JimBreen
  • I couldn't live with that kind of uncertainty.CM

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Forms of uncertainty

as a noun

plural
uncertainties