Another word for certain
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Adjective
In a definite and final form; not likely to change
- To put in a specified position or arrangement; place:
- To put into a specified state:
- To cause to begin an action:
- Having a smooth, even surface:
- Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
- Being in horizontal position; lying down:
- Firmly in position; stationary:
- Determined; established; set:
- Not subject to change or variation; unchanging:
- Resistant to externally applied pressure.
- Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:
- Securely fixed in place:
See also:Bound to happen
- Impossible to avoid; inevitable.
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Impossible to avoid or prevent; certain to happen.
- Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable:
- Impossible to escape or avoid; inevitable:
See also:Established beyond a doubt
- Beyond question or doubt.
- Common misspelling of indisputable.
- Difficult or impossible to deny; irrefutable:
- Impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable:
- Not subject to attack or seizure; impregnable:
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation:
- Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress:
- Desirable, admirable, or beneficial:
- Impossible to refute or disprove; incontrovertible:
- Too apparent to be doubted; unquestionable.
- Beyond dispute or doubt; undeniable:
- Impossible to dispute; unquestionable:
- Impossible to contest; unquestionable:
- Not arguable.
- Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
- Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
- Requiring great effort or endurance:
Known positively
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation:
- Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress:
- Desirable, admirable, or beneficial:
- Clearly defined; explicitly precise:
- Forthright and unambiguous:
- Clearly developed or firmly decided:
Idioms:See also:Such as could not possibly fail or disappoint
- Bound to be successful or perform as expected:
- Always able to supply more; inexhaustible:
- Constant; unflagging:
- Incapable of error; infallible.
- Committing no mistakes; consistently accurate.
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Free from danger or attack:
- Free from risk of loss; safe:
- Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons:
- Incapable of erring:
- Incapable of failing; certain:
- Incapable of error in expounding doctrine on faith or morals.
See also:Having no doubt
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation:
- Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress:
- Desirable, admirable, or beneficial:
- Feeling or showing certainty, as of success:
- Feeling or showing confidence in oneself; self-assured:
- Confiding; trustful.
- Made certain; guaranteed:
- Exhibiting confidence or authority:
- Insured.
See also:
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Another word for certain
Modifier
Confident
- Completely sure; certain.
- Too sure; overconfident.
- Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured.
- persuaded, or otherwise feeling certainty
- Calm and serene; unruffled.
- Not disturbed; calm.
- Not interested; indifferent.
- Not anxious or apprehensive; unworried.
- Not disturbed or distracted.
- Without trouble or disturbance; calm:
- Free from danger or attack:
- Free from risk of loss; safe:
- Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons:
- Confident in one's abilities.
- Full of or showing satisfaction:
- unquestionable; indubitable
- asking no questions; unquestioning
- beyond question; unquestionably
- Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation:
- Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress:
- Desirable, admirable, or beneficial:
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Made certain; guaranteed:
- Exhibiting confidence or authority:
- Insured.
Sure
- simple past tense and past participle of predestine
- Marked by or showing determination; resolute:
- Decided or resolved:
- Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain.
- simple past tense and past participle of destine
See also:Beyond doubt
- (of an entertainment normally performed on the stage) performed by ice skaters as an ice show
- (idiomatic) not being used, or not to be used e.g.
- (idiomatic) Certain or extremely likely to occur; virtually assured of victory or success.
- (idiomatic) Intoxicated.
- Impossible to escape or avoid; inevitable:
- Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous:
- Unqualified in extent or degree; total:
- Not limited by restrictions or exceptions:
- Being fully such; utter:
- Not subjected to questioning; not interrogated.
- Unquestionable; indisputable.
- Not called into question or examination; not doubted.
- Impossible to contest; unquestionable:
- Without conditions or limitations; absolute:
- Impossible to refute or disprove; incontrovertible:
- Having or arising from authority; official:
- Of acknowledged accuracy or excellence; highly reliable:
- Demonstrating authority; commanding:
- Having or exhibiting no ambiguity or uncertainty; clear.
- Settling a matter or conflict; conclusive:
- Characterized by or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and firmly; resolute:
- Serving to put an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty; decisive:
- Easily perceived or understood; obvious.
- Warranting trust; reliable.
- Capable of being relied on; dependable:
- Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
- Committing no mistakes; consistently accurate.
- Not disputed or doubted:
- Incapable of erring:
- Incapable of failing; certain:
- Incapable of error in expounding doctrine on faith or morals.
- Lacking the proper or required qualifications:
- Not modified by conditions or reservations; absolute:
- Greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant.
- Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement.
- Ultimate; final:
- Clearly defined; explicitly precise:
- Forthright and unambiguous:
- Clearly developed or firmly decided:
- Difficult or impossible to deny; irrefutable:
- Impossible to dispute; unquestionable:
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable:
- Not subject to attack or seizure; impregnable:
- Impossible to mistake or misinterpret; obvious:
- simple past tense and past participle of guarantee
- Too apparent to be doubted; unquestionable.
- Not doubted or questioned; accepted:
- Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
- Not obscured or darkened; bright:
- Easily seen through; transparent:
- Free from obstructions; open; clear:
- Obvious to the perception or mind; evident:
- Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
- Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character:
- Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic:
- Honestly felt or experienced:
- Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous:
- Not counterfeit; real or genuine:
- Conforming to the characteristics or criteria of a group or type; typical:
- Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence:
- True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal:
- Of or founded on practical matters and concerns:
- Characterized by or displaying certainty, acceptance, or affirmation:
- Measured or moving forward or in a direction of increase or progress:
- Desirable, admirable, or beneficial:
- Made certain; guaranteed:
- Exhibiting confidence or authority:
- Insured.
- Beyond question or doubt.
- Beyond dispute or doubt; undeniable:
Dependable
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
- Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
- Not exposed to the threat of danger or harm:
- Usable in specified conditions without being damaged. Often used in combination:
- Warranting trust; reliable.
See also:Fixed
- To put in a specified position or arrangement; place:
- To put into a specified state:
- To cause to begin an action:
- simple past tense and past participle of conclude
- Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
- Simple past tense and past participle of settle.
Specific but not named
- To set forth in words; state:
- To manifest or communicate, as by a gesture; show:
- To make known the feelings or opinions of (oneself), as by statement or art.
- Explicitly set forth; definite:
- Clear or detailed in communicating:
- Limited, distinctive, or unique:
- Clearly expressed or delineated; definite:
- Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct:
- Strictly distinguished from others; very:
- Of special importance or significance; exceptional:
- Relating to or directed toward a particular person, group, or purpose:
- Peculiar to the individual; characteristic:
- Being only one; individual; lone:
- Being the only one of a kind; unique:
- Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable:
- Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
- Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
- Of, relating to, or providing details; precise:
- Customary, usual, or normal:
- Orderly, even, or symmetrical:
- In conformity with a fixed procedure, principle, or discipline.
- Possible to estimate, measure, or perceive:
- Being of a number more than two or three but not many:
- Respectively different; various:
- Regarded as separate, especially with regard to tort liability or legal obligation, such that each individual involved is fully responsible for the liability or obligation.
- Being an unspecified number or quantity:
- Being a portion or an unspecified number or quantity of a whole or group:
- Being a considerable number or quantity:
- Being a single entity, unit, object, or living being:
- Characterized by unity; undivided:
- Of the same kind or quality:
- simple past tense and past participle of define
- Having a definition or value.
- (bodybuilding) Having extreme muscle separation as a result of low body fat.
- Having one or more distinguishing marks.
- Clearly defined and evident; noticeable:
- Singled out, especially for a dire fate:
- Surpassing what is common or usual; exceptional:
- Distinct among others of a kind:
- Primary:
Idioms:
for-certain
Synonym Study
- Positive suggests unshakable confidence, esp. in the correctness of one's opinions or conclusions, sometimes to the point of dogmatism he's too positive in his beliefs
- Confident stresses the firmness of one's certainty or sureness, esp. in some expectation she's confident she'll win
- Sure suggests merely an absence of doubt or hesitancy I'm sure you don't mean it
- Certain usually suggests conviction based on specific grounds or evidence this letter makes me certain of his innocence
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