uncertainty

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance (Freq. 6)
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
• Syn:
uncertainness, precariousness
• Ant:
certainty
• Derivationally related forms:
precarious (for: precariousness), uncertain (for: uncertainness)
• Hypernyms:
quality
• Hyponyms:
doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question, indefiniteness,
indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy, unpredictability, improbability,
improbableness, fortuitousness, speculativeness
2. the state of being unsure of something (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
doubt, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
• Ant:
certainty
• Derivationally related forms:
dubious (for: dubiousness), doubtful (for: doubtfulness), doubt (for: doubt)
• Hypernyms:
cognitive state, state of mind
• Hyponyms:
mental reservation, reservation, arriere pensee, misgiving, mistrust,
distrust, suspicion, incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection,
indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution, peradventure, suspense

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  doubt, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainness, precariousness
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion