Emotions
Synonyms for unsure
Synonyms for unsure: shy and uncertain. 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 unsure
Interchangeable with unsure in this sense
Audited under unsure's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one unsure carries in that sense.
- shyadjective, in the sense "lacking self-confidence"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name unsure as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- uncertainuncertain is an adjective in the sense "lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance"
The first group is filed under unsure's own sense. The second reaches unsure from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
lacking self-confidence
A very unsure young man.
The true synonym
shy
Same sentence, swapped: A very shy young man.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- confident
- inexperienced
- hazardous
Where unsure turns up in the game
unsure is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play unsure
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unsure reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other emotions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unsure carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.