dubiety
noun
Synonyms
- distrust
- distrustfulness
- doubt
- dubitation [archaic]
- incertitude
- misdoubt
- misgiving
- mistrust
- mistrustfulness
- query
- reservation
- skepticism
- suspicion
- uncertainty
Example Sentences
Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021 Given that dubiety about the 2021 season — even the size of next year’s rosters remains unclear — predicting how the Twins might change over the winter is problematic. Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020 That the hosts were doomed, again, by penalties at home — 13 flags, this time — continues to foster a sense of dubiety in this staff’s ability to fix what everybody and their uncle knows has been broken for months. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2019 Thankfully, any dubiety melts away with the burbling opening chords of Oh Baby, a propulsive slice of '80s synth-laden nostalgia that taps into the familiar feelings of longing and isolation that have become LCD's staple. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017 Word History
Late Latin dubietas, from Latin dubius
1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1
dubiety
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- doubt
- skepticism
- suspicion
- uncertainty
- distrust
- disbelief
- mistrust
- concern
- incertitude
- misdoubt
- misgiving
- dubitation
- incredulity
- reservation
- query
- paranoia
- unbelief
- distrustfulness
- qualm
- mistrustfulness
- wariness
- anxiety
- compunction
- scruple
- tremor
- niggle
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- assurance
- belief
- certainty
- confidence
- conviction
- trust
- surety
- certitude
- sureness
- faith
- credence
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of dubiety are doubt, mistrust, skepticism, suspicion, and uncertainty. While all these words mean "lack of sureness about someone or something," dubiety stresses a wavering between conclusions.
The synonyms doubt and dubiety are sometimes interchangeable, but doubt suggests both uncertainty and inability to make a decision.
While the synonyms mistrust and dubiety are close in meaning, mistrust implies a genuine doubt based upon suspicion.
While in some cases nearly identical to dubiety, skepticism implies unwillingness to believe without conclusive evidence.
Although the words suspicion and dubiety have much in common, suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone.
The words uncertainty and dubiety can be used in similar contexts, but uncertainty may range from a falling short of certainty to an almost complete lack of conviction or knowledge especially about an outcome or result.