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Surety - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | surety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge |
| Synonyms: | bail, guarantee, guaranty, security |
| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
| Synonyms: | bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, security, surety, warrant, warranty, recognizance |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monetary deposit |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
| Synonyms: | adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, determination, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, surety, tenacity, truthfulness, uniformity, zeal, abidingness, dependability, devotedness, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, trustiness, trustworthiness, unchangeableness, unfailingness |
| Antonyms: | change, fluctuation, instability, irregularity, changeableness, inconstancy, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hostage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person held captive until captor's demand is met |
| Synonyms: | captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim, sacrificial lamb |
| Antonyms: | captor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | safeguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, convoy, defense, escort, guard, screen, security, shield, surety, ward |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injury, endangerment |
| Main Entry: | sponsor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who helps, promotes |
| Synonyms: | advocate, angel*, backer, benefactor, guarantor, mainstay, patron, promoter, supporter, surety, another adherent, godparent, grubstaker, sustainer, underwriter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sure thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | certain thing |
| Synonyms: | belief, certainty, cinch, destiny, foregone conclusion, lock*, surety, all sewn up, cert, dead certainty, definiteness, open and shut case, open-and-shut case, positiveness, rain or shine, safe bet, shoo-in, shoo-in, small risk, sure bet, surefire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | warranty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bail, bond, certificate, contract, covenant, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, surety, written promise |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
| Synonyms: | belief, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, faith, firmness, lock*, lockup*, setup, stock, store, sure thing*, surety, trust, validity, all sewn up, authoritativeness, certitude, definiteness, dogmatism, indubitableness, inevitability, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, sure bet, surefire, sureness, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, uncertainty, questionableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust in something |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store, surety, troth, truth, truthfulness, certitude, credulity, dependence, sureness |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving, skepticism, suspicion |
| Main Entry: | patron |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who supports a cause |
| Synonyms: | advocate, angel*, backer, benefactor, booster, champion, defender, fan, friend, front*, guarantor, guardian, guide, head, helper, leader, partisan, patron saint*, philanthropist, protector, sponsor, supporter, surety, sympathizer, encourager, fairy godparent, financer, well-wisher |
| Antonyms: | detractor, enemy, opponent, opposition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safety, protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant, safeness, safety measure |
| Antonyms: | danger, insecurity, peril, trouble |
| Main Entry: | niceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | accuracy |
| Synonyms: | precision, surety, exactitude |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, arrogance, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, presumption, security, self-confidence, surety, temerity, trust, aggressiveness, assuredness, certitude, positiveness, self-reliance, sureness |
| Antonyms: | confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fact, resulting truth |
| Synonyms: | consequence, foregone conclusion, reality, sure thing*, surety, inevitable result |
| Antonyms: | concept, idea, theory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guilty sentence; assurance |
| Synonyms: | certainty, condemnation, confidence, earnestness, fall, fervor, firmness, rap, reliance, surety, assuredness, certitude, condemning, determining guilt, sureness, unfavorable verdict |
| Antonyms: | overturning |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign of good faith |
| Synonyms: | bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty, gage |
| Antonyms: | break |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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