Synonyms for tentative
ˈtɛn tə tɪvten·ta·tive

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1. tentative

   Synonyms:
   conservative, inadequate, incomplete, moderate, palliative, partial, slight, superficial, trial

   Antonyms:
   complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total

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1. tentative

   Synonyms:
   experimental, empirical, speculative

   Antonyms:
   uniform, certain, sure, necessary, unfailing

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1. probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentativeadjective

   under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

   "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

   Synonyms:
   provisional, provisionary, probationary, doubtful

   Antonyms:
   unconditioned, unconditional, settled

2. doubtful, tentativeadjective

   unsettled in mind or opinion

   "drew a few tentative conclusions"

   Synonyms:
   dubitable, probationary, provisionary, doubtful, in question(p), provisional, dubious

   Antonyms:
   settled, unconditioned, unconditional

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1. tentativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   trying, essaying, experimental

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1. List of paraphrases for "tentative":

   provisional, interim, indicative, preliminary, timid, temporary, hourly, hesitant, shy, initial, terminable, draft, principled

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1. Jerome Seymour Bruner:

   The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion-these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

2. Lisa Shalett:

   One of the key things the December selloff did was it priced a materially reduced set of earnings expectations for 2019. As a result, investors are going to be somewhat forgiving of companies who either miss estimates or are somewhat tentative in their guidance because they are now expecting that, any companies that talk about 2019 being just as good as 2018 or even sequentially a lot better are going to constitute an upside surprise.

3. Boeing Commercial Airplanes:

   This tentative agreement recognizes the significant contributions of our engineering and technical workforce and reinforces Boeing's commitment to the Puget Sound region.

4. Kristin Dziczek:

   General Motors has no interest in having a weakened United Auto Worker, united Auto Worker don't want to reach a tentative agreement with leadership on the other side of the table who can't get it ratified by rank and file.

5. Bill Wirskye:

   We've reached a tentative agreement between the parties.