Tentative

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans.
  • adj. Uncertain; hesitant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A trial; an experiment.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
  • adj. Uncertain; subject to future change.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
  • n. An essay; a trial; an experiment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Based on or consisting in trial or experiment; experimental; empirical.
  • n. An essay; a trial; an experiment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  • adj. unsettled in mind or opinion
  • Equivalent
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    essaying    experimental    essay    trial    experiment   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hesitant    cautious    hasty    uncertain    preliminary