Antonyms for uncertainty
ʌnˈsɜr tn tiun·cer·tain·ty

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1. uncertaintynoun

   Antonyms:
   certainty

2. uncertaintynoun

   Antonyms:
   certainty

3. uncertaintynoun

   Antonyms:
   certainty

4. uncertaintynoun

   Antonyms:
   certainty

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1. uncertaintynoun

   Doubt is a lack of conviction that may refer either to matters of belief or to matters of practise. As regards belief, while doubt is lack of conviction, disbelief is conviction, to the contrary; unbelief refers to a settled state of mind, generally accompanied with opposition of heart. Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent. Perplexity presses toward a solution; doubt may be content to linger unresolved. Any improbable statement awakens incredulity. In theological usage unbelief and skepticism have a condemnatory force, as implying wilful rejection of manifest truth. As regards practical matters, uncertainty applies to the unknown or undecided; doubt implies some negative evidence. Suspense regards the future, and is eager and anxious; uncertainty may relate to any period, and be quite indifferent. Misgiving is ordinarily in regard to the outcome of something already done or decided; hesitation, indecision, and irresolution have reference to something that remains to be decided or done, and are due oftener to infirmity of will than to lack of knowledge. Distrust and suspicion apply especially to the motives, character, etc., of others, and are more decidedly adverse than doubt. Scruple relates to matters of conscience and duty.

   Antonyms:
   assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, persuasion, resolution, resolve

   Synonyms:
   disbelief, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, unbelief

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1. uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousnessnoun

   being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

   "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

   Antonyms:
   sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion

   Synonyms:
   dubiety, incertitude, doubtfulness, doubt, dubiousness, uncertainness, precariousness

2. doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousnessnoun

   the state of being unsure of something

   Antonyms:
   foregone conclusion, sure thing, certainty

   Synonyms:
   dubiety, incertitude, doubtfulness, precariousness, dubiousness, doubt, uncertainness, question

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1. uncertaintynoun

   Synonyms:
   distrust, hesitation, doubt, dubiousness, dubiety, incertitude, irresolution, variableness, inconstancy, capriciousness, ambiguity, indefiniteness, contingency, fortuity, fallibility, suspense

How to use uncertainty in a sentence?

1. John Springford:

   There’s still a lot of uncertainty about what the ultimate steady-state relationship between the UK and EU is going to be, particularly how much the UK is going to diverge from EU regulations.

2. Robin Dennell:

   Although there might still be some uncertainty about the detailed ages of the remains -- given the nature and complexity of the deposits and the dating methods used -- the general picture is now clear.

3. William Osler:

   Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

4. Wahid Mayar:

   The suffering of mental illness in Afghanistan is a silent war. If peace comes then we will have to accept the new normal, but currently we are in a phase of tremendous uncertainty, the prospect of peace brings hope and anxiety. We wonder can peace ever come to embrace us, to calm our minds.

5. Nancy Galambos:

   There’s a lot of uncertainty (for 20-somethings). But by middle age, a lot of people have worked that out and are quite satisfied through the earliest child-bearing years.

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