N. experiment, essay, analysis, screen, trial, tentative method, ttonnement,
verification,
probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration) 478,
criterion,
diagnostic, test,
probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test,
crucible, reagent, check,
touchstone,
pix,
assay,
ordeal, ring, litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper, test tube, analytical instruments,
empiricism, rule of thumb, feeler, trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon, pilot engine,
scout, straw to show the wind, speculation, random shot, leap in the dark,
analyzer,
analyst, assayist,
adventurer, experimenter,
experimentist,
experimentalist,
scientist, engineer, technician, subject, experimentee, guinea pig, experimental animal,
protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment,
poll, survey, opinion poll, epidemiological survey, retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis, statistical analysis, literature search, library research, tryout,
audition, discovery, measurement, evidence,
deduction, induction,
abduction V. experiment, essay, try, try out,
assay, make an experiment, make a trial of, give a trial to, put on trial, subject to trial, experiment upon,
rehearse, put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof, prove,
verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength, road-test, test drive, take for a spin, test fly,
grope, feel one's way, grope for one's way,
fumble, ttonner, aller ttons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler, send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon, see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows, consult the barometer, feel the pulse, fish for, bob for, cast for, beat about for, angle,
trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes, try one's fortune,
explore Adj. experimental,
empirical,
probative,
probatory,
probationary,
provisional,
analytic,
docimastic,
tentative, unverified, unproven, speculative, untested
Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval
Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes, "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes."
N. uncertainty,
incertitude, doubt, doubtfulness,
dubiety,
dubitation, dubitancy|, dubitousness,
hesitation,
suspense,
perplexity,
embarrassment,
dilemma,
bewilderment,
timidity,
vacillation,
diaporesis, indetermination, vagueness,
haze,
fog, obscurity,
ambiguity,
contingency,
dependence,
dependency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility, open question, onus probandi, blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other, needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay, roving commission,
precariousness,
fallibility V. be uncertain, wonder whether, lose the clue, lose the clew,
scent, miss one's way, not know what to make of, not know which way to turn, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels, float in a sea of doubt,
hesitate,
flounder, lose oneself, lose one's head, muddle one's brains, render uncertain, put out,
pose,
puzzle,
perplex,
embarrass,
confuse,
confound,
bewilder, bother,
molder, addle the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces, keep in suspense, doubt, hang in the balance, tremble in the balance, depend
Adj. uncertain,
casual,
random, changeable, doubtful,
dubious, indecisive, unsettled, undecided, undetermined, in suspense, open to discussion,
controvertible, in question, vague,
indeterminate, indefinite,
ambiguous,
equivocal, undefined,
undefinable, confused,
mystic,
oracular,
dazed,
perplexing,
enigmatic,
paradoxical,
apocryphal,
problematical,
hypothetical,
experimental, unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) 519, fallible, questionable,
precarious,
slippery,
ticklish,
debatable, disputable,
unreliable, untrustworthy,
contingent, contingent on, dependent on, subject to, dependent on circumstances, occasional,
provisional, unauthentic,
unauthenticated, unauthoritative, unascertained, unconfirmed, undemonstrated, untold, uncounted, in a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze,
bushed, off the track, ignorant,
&c. 491, afraid to say, out of one's reckoning,
astray,
adrift, at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus,
puzzled, lost, abroad, dsorient, distracted,
distraught Adv. pendente lite, sub spe rati
Phr. heaven knows, who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces
Essay Roget’s Thesaurus §675 N. essay, trial,
endeavor, attempt, aim, struggle,
venture,
adventure, speculation, coup d'essai,
debut,
probation V. try, essay, experiment,
endeavor,
strive,
tempt, attempt, make an attempt,
venture,
adventure,
speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune, try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand, use one's endeavor, feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way, try hard,
push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor, do one's best
Adv. experimentally, on trial, at a venture, by rule of thumb, if one may be so bold
Phr. aut non tentaris aut perfice, chi non s'arrischia non guadagna
