Synonyms of doubts

doubts 1 of 2

noun

plural of doubt

as in suspicions

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

from the beginning I had my doubts about the investment scheme

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suspicions
• uncertainties
• skepticism
• concerns
• distrust
• mistrust
• misgivings
• anxieties
• reservations
• queries
• misdoubts
• dubitations
• dubieties
• disbeliefs
• paranoias
• incertitudes
• qualms
• compunctions
• tremors
• incredulities
• scruples
• niggles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beliefs
• assurances
• convictions
• confidences
• trusts
• certainties
• sureties
• certitudes
• faiths
• credences

doubts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of doubt

as in questions

to have no trust or confidence in

I doubt that you can do all that you say

Synonyms & Similar Words

• questions
• suspects
• mistrusts
• distrusts
• misdoubts
• disbelieves
• discounts
• negates
• discredits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depends (on or upon)
• banks (on or upon)
• trusts
• relies (on or upon)
• counts (on or upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doubts

Noun

The Health Secretary at the time of the babies’ deaths came to express doubts about Letby’s guilt. — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Some of the jurors have since spoken publicly; three female jurors told NBC10 Boston that the holdout juror had allegedly expressed doubts about the prosecution’s case. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Nobody smart is giving up on Rams as Super-favorites, and his should erase any doubts. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

These views are not the stereotypical opposition to environmentalism that stems from doubts about climate change. — Sydney Giacalone, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Why an alliance might fizzle Despite the current momentum, doubts remain. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

There is no envying Detroit’s position right now, but Seider still looks at the picture, doubts and all, and sees opportunity. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Patrick Mahomes finished the job by scrambling up the middle, simultaneously giving the Chiefs an early lead and quieting some doubts about his reconstructed ACL and LCL. — Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

But its rapid growth in AI infrastructure has proven those doubts wrong. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Verb

But Riley doubts the tool will do much to solve the bigger problems in the air traffic control system — particularly the staffing shortage. — Joel Rose, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Of course, if there’s any truth to this, he should be shot out of a cannon at BravoCon — but Carmella doubts that a ring was even bought in the first place. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Chiodo doubts independent auditing can be built fast enough to keep pace with frontier AI development. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Guillén, with two decades’ experience of organizing a major race, doubts such a move would be practicable, let alone beneficial for the sport’s spectacle. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Whatever doubts McCartney still harbored disappeared when the four musicians began to play along with the tape of his acoustic solo performance. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Kelly doubts that even a modest decline in oil prices will be a game-changer for the bond market because of the sheer amount of borrowing that’s required. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Meta could introduce technical solutions, like automatically blurring faces, as Google does in Street View images, but Szydlowski doubts Meta would voluntarily make such a privacy-conscious change without regulatory or public pressure. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

But almost no one doubts that they are protected by the First Amendment. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026