TENTATIVE Synonyms

• showing careful forethought

• people who are fearful and cautious

• avoiding excess

• imposing or depending on or containing a condition

• qualified by reservations

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

• relating to or based on experiment

• relying on observation or experiment

• of the nature of or undergoing an experiment

• lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

• vague or not clearly defined or stated

• not decided or not known

• a minor match preceding the main event

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

• not financially safe or secure

• not based on fact or investigation

• showing curiosity

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

• not finally established or settled

• lacking self-confidence

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• open to doubt or suspicion

• fraught with uncertainty or doubt

• unsettled in mind or opinion

• under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

• under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon