'Tentative' definitions:
Definition of 'tentative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative]
adjective
Unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions" [syn: doubtful, tentative]
Definition of 'Tentative'
From: GCIDE
- Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See Tempt.] Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. "A slow, tentative manner." --Carlyle. -- {Ten*ta"tive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tentative'
From: GCIDE
- Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, n. [Cf. F. tentative.] An essay; a trial; an experiment. --Berkley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tentative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acting,
- ad hoc,
- ad interim,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- ambling,
- analytic,
- apprehensive,
- awkward,
- backup,
- band-aid,
- blankminded,
- callow,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- counterfeit,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- cut-and-try,
- dangerous,
- deliberate,
- demurring,
- desultory,
- determined,
- diffident,
- discreet,
- disinclined,
- dumb,
- dummy,
- easy,
- empirical,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- examinational,
- examinatorial,
- examining,
- experimental,
- explorational,
- explorative,
- exploratory,
- fact-finding,
- fake,
- faltering,
- feeling,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- gauche,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- gradual,
- green,
- groping,
- guarded,
- halting,
- hazardous,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- heuristic,
- hit-or-miss,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- ignorant,
- imitation,
- improvisational,
- improvised,
- inane,
- indagative,
- indecisive,
- indolent,
- inexperienced,
- infirm,
- innocent,
- insecure,
- inspectional,
- inspectorial,
- insubstantial,
- interim,
- investigational,
- investigative,
- investigatory,
- irresolute,
- jibbing,
- judicious,
- jury-rigged,
- know-nothing,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- lumbering,
- makeshift,
- makeshifty,
- mindful,
- mock,
- moderate,
- naive,
- nescient,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- perilous,
- phony,
- pilot,
- pinch,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- precarious,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- provisory,
- proxy,
- prudent,
- raw,
- regardful,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- reserve,
- resolute,
- risky,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- scrupling,
- secondary,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- shy,
- simple,
- slack,
- slippery,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- spare,
- speculative,
- staggering,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- stopgap,
- straining,
- strange to,
- strolling,
- substitute,
- temporary,
- test,
- testing,
- thorough,
- ticklish,
- timid,
- toddling,
- token,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- treacherous,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- trudging,
- trying,
- turtlelike,
- unacquainted,
- unadventurous,
- unapprized,
- uncertain,
- uncommunicative,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- undaring,
- undependable,
- uneasy,
- unenlightened,
- unenterprising,
- unfaithworthy,
- unfamiliar,
- unhurried,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unposted,
- unprecipitate,
- unreliable,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrustworthy,
- unversed,
- utility,
- vacillatory,
- vacuous,
- venturesome,
- verificatory,
- vicarious,
- waddling,
- willing,
- wobbly,
- zetetic