Antonyms for tentative
ˈtɛn tə tɪvten·ta·tive

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1. tentative

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. tentative

   Antonyms:
   uniform, certain, sure, necessary, unfailing

   Synonyms:
   experimental, empirical, speculative

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

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"

   Antonyms:
   unconditioned, unconditional, settled

   Synonyms:
   provisional, provisionary, probationary, doubtful

2. doubtful, tentativeadjective

   unsettled in mind or opinion

   "drew a few tentative conclusions"

   Antonyms:
   settled, unconditioned, unconditional

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

How to use tentative in a sentence?

1. Rory McIlroy:

   (I'm) tentative, a little bit scared to play certain shots, because I feel like I can't at the minute. So, hitting away from flags, trying to make sure that I am missing it in the right areas. Just playing quite conservatively, which is very much unlike me, i have just got to get back at it tomorrow and try to figure out what I need to do.

2. Eric Theoret:

   The broader market tone is showing signs of tentative risk appetite, bolstered by continued stability in China's exchange rate and reinforced by the release of better-than-feared trade figures out of China.

3. Terry Dittes:

   If GM accepts and agrees to this group of proposals, we will have a tentative agreement.

4. Louis Pasteur:

   Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena.

5. Ben Wood:

   Unveiling a product ahead of rivals is an important milestone, it feels like we're in the Stone Age when it comes to products with flexible screens. We're seeing the first very tentative steps toward the implementation of a technology that may seem to be a solution looking for a problem now, but is likely to become a pillar of designs of consumer electronic devices in the future.

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