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| 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 |
| Notes: | certitude is a measure of a person's positive feeling about something; certainty is a measure of the degree to which a process or development may be realized |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, uncertainty, questionableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
self, ascertained, assured, authentic, authoriative, avoidless, axiomatic, categorical, certain, clear, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, doubtless, evident, incontestable, incontrovertible, indefeasible, indisputable, indubious, indubitable, inevitable, infallible, insured, irrefutable, iwis, known, official, positive, questionless, reliable, sure, trustworthy, unavoidable, unchangeable, uncontested, undeniable, undisputed, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unimpeachable, unmistakable, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioned, well founded, ywis
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-nouns
certainty; necessity [more]; certitude, surety, assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness; infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness., gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata, ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit., fact; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli.
-verbs
be certain; stand to reason., render certain; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, "make assurance double sure" [Macbeth]; know (believe) [more]., dogmatize, lay down the law.
-adjectives
certain, sure, assured; solid, well-founded., unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained., inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless; ineluctable., unerring, infallible; unchangeable [more]; to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound., unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable (proven) [more]; conclusive, without power of appeal., indubious; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless, doubtless., authoritative, authentic, official.
-adverbs
certainly; for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course , a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth (truly) [more]; at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute, coute qu'il coute; whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what will; sink or swim; rain or shine.
-phrases
cela va sans dire; there is no question, not a shadow of doubt; the die is cast (necessity) [more]; " facts are stubborn things [Smollett].
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| Antonyms: | uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | accuracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precision or correctness |
| Synonyms: | certainty, closeness, efficiency, exactness, mastery, skill, truthfulness, veracity, verity, accurateness, carefulness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, faultlessness, incisiveness, meticulousness, preciseness, sharpness, skillfulness, strictness, sureness |
| Antonyms: | falsehood, inaccuracy, mistake, erroneousness |
| Main Entry: | clarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clearness |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, brightness, certainty, definition, distinctness, evidence, exactness, lucidity, precision, prominence, purity, simplicity, transparency, articulateness, cognizability, comprehensibility, conspicuousness, decipherability, directness, exactitude, explicability, explicitness, intelligibility, legibility, limpidity, limpidness, manifestness, obviousness, openness, overtness, palpability, penetrability, perceptibility, perspicuity, plainness, salience, tangibility, unambiguity, unmistakability |
| Antonyms: | obscurity, dirtiness, unintelligiblity |
| 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: | credence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust, acceptance |
| Synonyms: | admission, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, reliance, stock, store, accepting, admitting, dependence |
| Antonyms: | distrust, faithlessness |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | facts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inside information |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, clue, cue, data, details, dope*, gospel, reality, scoop*, score*, story, info, inside dope, like it is, lowdown, numbers, poop, whole story |
| Antonyms: | lies |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fait accompli |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplished fact |
| Synonyms: | accomplished fact, certainty, reality, a truth, cold hard facts, done deal, done deed, fact of life, grim reality, hard facts, irreversible accomplishment, irreversible act, irreversible truth, matter of fact, self-evident fact, undeniable fact |
| Main Entry: | gospel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fact, doctrine |
| Synonyms: | actuality, authority, belief, certainty, credo, creed, dogma, faith, last word, testament, truism, truth, veracity, verity, scripture |
| Antonyms: | hypothesis, theory |
| 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: | optimism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of having positive beliefs |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, assurance, brightness, buoyancy, calmness, certainty, cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, easiness, elation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exhilaration, expectation, happiness, rose-colored glasses*, trust, good cheer, hopefulness, idealism, looking on bright side, positivism, sanguineness, sureness |
| Antonyms: | doubt, gloom, pessimism, hopelessness |
* = 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: | reality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facts of existence |
| Synonyms: | absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line*, brass tacks*, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are, like it is, materiality, matter, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, real world*, realism, realness, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it, what's what |
| Antonyms: | belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | safekeeping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, assurance, care, certainty, cover, custody, guardianship, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, security, shelter, supervision, trust, guarding, protecting, reassurance |
| 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: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, presumption, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view, mindset, postulation, presupposition |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
| Main Entry: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in oneself |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resolution, self-possession, spirit, spunk, tenacity, brashness, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, intrepidity, resoluteness, self-reliance, sureness |
| Antonyms: | uncertainty, unconfidence |
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