adjadj.allhaving or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assuredAttributes:assurance authority confidence self-assurance self-confidence sureness certainty
Synset:certain
Examples:- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
Antonyms:unsureuncertain
Derivationally Related Form:sureness
Inherited Hypernyms:certain
Similar to:confident convinced positive
adj satadj.allexercising or taking care great enough to bring assuranceSynset:certain
Examples:- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
Antonyms:careless
Inherited Hypernyms:certain
Similar to:careful
adjadj.allcertain to occur; destined or inevitableSynset:certain
Examples:- he was certain to fail
- his fate is certain
- In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes - Benjamin Franklin
- he faced certain death
- sudden but sure regret
- he is sure to win
Antonyms:uncertain
Inherited Hypernyms:certain
Similar to:bound destined doomed fated foreordained predestinate predestined in for
See also:predictable
adj satadj.allreliable in operation or effectSynset:certain
Examples:- a quick and certain remedy
- a sure way to distinguish the two
- wood dust is a sure sign of termites
Antonyms:unreliableundependable
Inherited Hypernyms:certain
Similar to:dependable reliable
adj satadj.all(of persons) worthy of trust or confidenceSynset:trusted
Examples:- a sure (or trusted) friend
Antonyms:untrustworthy
Inherited Hypernyms:sure
Similar to:trustworthy trusty
adj satadj.allinfallible or unfailingExamples:- a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment
Antonyms:false
Derivationally Related Form:sureness
Inherited Hypernyms:sure
Similar to:true
adj satadj.allcertain not to failExamples:- a sure hand on the throttle
Antonyms:unsteady
Derivationally Related Form:sureness
Inherited Hypernyms:sure
Similar to:steady
adj satadj.allimpossible to doubt or disputeSynset:indisputable
Examples:- indisputable (or sure) proof
Antonyms:uncertain
Derivationally Related Form:indisputability
Inherited Hypernyms:indisputable
Similar to:certain
advadv.alldefinitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely')Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:certainly for certain for sure sure as shooting sure enough surely
Examples:- the results are surely encouraging
- she certainly is a hard worker
- it's going to be a good day for sure
- they are coming, for certain
- they thought he had been killed sure enough
- he'll win sure as shooting
- they sure smell good
- sure he'll come
Pertainyms:surecertain
Inherited Hypernyms:surely