doubtful

  • (s) open to doubt or suspicion
    • the candidate's doubtful past
    • he has a dubious record indeed
    • what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false
    • it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought - Karen Horney
    dubitable, in question, dubious,
  • (s) fraught with uncertainty or doubt
    • they were doubtful that the cord would hold
    • it was doubtful whether she would be admitted
    • dubious about agreeing to go
    dubious,
  • (s) unsettled in mind or opinion
    • drew a few tentative conclusions
    tentative,

Synonyms

dubitable in question dubious tentative

Words of close approximity

doubtfully doubtfulness