Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for tentative
Synonyms for tentative: doubtful and provisional. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for tentative
Interchangeable with tentative in this sense
Audited under tentative's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one tentative carries in that sense.
- doubtfuladjective, in the sense "unsettled in mind or opinion"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name tentative as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- provisionalprovisional is an adjective in the sense "under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon"
one of these comes from tentative's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
unsettled in mind or opinion
Drew a few tentative conclusions.
The true synonym
doubtful
Same sentence, swapped: Drew a few doubtful conclusions.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for tentative in the sentence quoted.
- probationary
- idle
- experimental
Where tentative turns up in the game
tentative is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where tentative is the trap
- tenaciousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is persistent, in the sense "holding firmly to a course of action despite difficulty", so tentative is there to be ruled out.
- doubtfuladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dubious, in the sense "fraught with uncertainty or doubt", with tentative sitting one tile away.
- gaucheadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is graceless, in the sense "lacking social polish", so tentative is there to be ruled out.
Play tentative
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tentative reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company tentative keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tentative carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.