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dicey

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Synonyms & Antonyms of dicey

as in unreliable, untrustworthy

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for dicey

undependable,
unreliable,
untrustworthy

aimless,
arbitrary,
desultory,
erratic,
haphazard,
hit-or-miss,
irregular,
random,
scattered,
slapdash,
stray

ambivalent,
hesitating,
shaky,
shilly-shally,
shilly-shallying,
vacillating,
wavering

capricious,
changeable,
changeful,
fickle,
flickery,
fluctuating,
fluid,
inconsistent,
inconstant,
mercurial,
mutable,
skittish,
temperamental,
uncertain,
unpredictable,
unsettled,
unstable,
unsteady,
variable,
volatile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for dicey

dependable,
reliable,
sure,
tried,
tried-and-true,
true,
trustworthy,
trusty

abiding,
durable,
lasting,
permanent,
persistent

certain,
changeless,
constant,
immutable,
invariable,
predictable,
settled,
stable,
stationary,
steady,
unchangeable,
unchanging,
unvarying

equable,
even,
uniform

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