other words for tentative
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Barrera said a tentative agreement is now in place and the union’s board is set to vote on final approval of the plan later this week.
CEOs must prioritize the health and wellbeing of employees when planning a tentative reopening date, and even aim to set a longer-term date so that their teams can plan out their lives and remain productive in the interim.
His ruling is tentative so von Wilpert could persuade him to change his mind.
The union stressed that it was tentative and its members still had not ratified the agreement as of Friday.
The impending return of baseball has fans everywhere excited, but it has also set off a series of more specific, if still tentative, celebrations.
He knew it wasn't Joyce; there was something unsure and tentative about the whisper of thought.
Hunterleys did not appear to notice the tentative movement of the other's hand.
The new response is exploratory and tentative, while habit is fixed and definite.
The above rotation is simply suggested as a tentative expedient.
About eight in the morning, there was a tentative tap on my door.
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WORDS RELATED TO TENTATIVE
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- heedful
- judicious
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- safe
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- vigilant
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching out
- codicillary
- contingent
- depending on
- fortuitous
- granted on certain terms
- guarded
- iffy
- incidental
- inconclusive
- limited
- modified
- not absolute
- obscure
- provisional
- provisory
- qualified
- relative
- reliant
- relying on
- restricted
- restrictive
- subject to
- tentative
- uncertain
- with grain of salt
- with reservations
- with strings attached
- agnostic
- baffled
- confused
- disconcerted
- distracted
- distrustful
- disturbed
- doubting
- dubious
- equivocal
- faithless
- faltering
- flustered
- hesitant
- hesitating
- in a quandary
- in clouds
- in dilemma
- indecisive
- irresolute
- like doubting Thomas
- lost
- not following
- of two minds
- perplexed
- puzzled
- questioning
- skeptical
- suspicious
- tentative
- theoretical
- troubled
- uncertain
- unconvinced
- undecided
- unresolved
- unsettled
- unsure
- vacillating
- wavering
- without belief