vverb.emotioncause to feel sure; give reassurance toSynset:assure reassure
Examples:- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
Antonyms:worry
Derivationally Related Form:reassurance
Hypernyms:calm calm down lull quiet quieten still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize
Inherited Hypernyms:reassurecalmcomfort
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: reassure) | The good news will --- her (apply to: reassure, assure)
vverb.communicationgive or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certainExamples:- I reassured him that we were safe
Derivationally Related Form:reassurance
Hypernyms:assure
Inherited Hypernyms:reassureassurepersuadeinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody of something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: reassure)
adjadj.allrestoring confidence and relieving anxietyAttributes:reassurance
Antonyms:unreassuring
Inherited Hypernyms:reassuring
Similar to:assuasive soothing assuring comforting consolatory consoling
See also:encouraging