tentative

tentative is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
2. noun. An essay; a trial; an experiment.
3. adjective. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

   "probationary employees"

   "a provisional government"

   Synonyms: probationary, provisional, provisionary

4. adjective. unsettled in mind or opinion

   "drew a few tentative conclusions"

   Synonyms: doubtful

Synonyms

probationary, provisional, provisionary, doubtful

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tentative:

attentive

Common word forms

tentatives, tentatively, tentativeness

Words from these letters

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