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promises - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, agreement, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, affiance, asseveration, espousal, sacred word |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | accede, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock*, insure, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn*, pledge, plight, profess, secure, stipulate, string along*, subscribe, swear, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant, affiance, asservate, cross heart, live up to, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hope, possibility |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, encouragement, flair, outlook, potential, talent, good omen |
| Antonyms: | impossibility, hopelessness |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring hope, possibility |
| Synonyms: | augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, denote, encourage, forebode, foreshadow, hint, indicate, like, look, omen, portend, presage, suggest, foretoken, give hope, hold out hope, hold probability, lead to expect, seem likely, show signs of |
| Antonyms: | discourage |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, hope, impatience, joy, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust, foretaste, high hopes, looking forward |
| Antonyms: | amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement to relieve doubt |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, security, support, sure thing*, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, lock on, rain or shine, shoo-in |
| Antonyms: | distrust, doubt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict; be an omen of |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call the shots*, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read, signify, call it, crystal-ball, figure out, have a hunch, psych out, soothsay |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
| Synonyms: | forerunner, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning, auspice, boding, foretoken, forewarning, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
| Synonyms: | agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, haggle, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact, do business, make terms |
| Main Entry: | betroth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
| Synonyms: | affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one's hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow |
| Antonyms: | divorce, leave, separate |
| Main Entry: | betrothal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage |
| Synonyms: | engagement, plight, promise, troth, vow, affiancing, betrothing, espousal |
| Antonyms: | divorce, separation |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarantee; contract |
| Synonyms: | agreement, bargain, certificate, collateral, compact, convention, covenant, debenture, guaranty, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, security, transaction, warrant, warranty, word |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monetary deposit |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, invest, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, relegate, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, vest, confer trust, depend upon, depute, give to do, grant authority, intrust, leave to, make responsible for, put in the hands of, rely upon, turn over to |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | commitment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assurance; obligation |
| Synonyms: | charge, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word, committal, devoir, ought |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, broken promise |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, deal |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, indenture, liability, obligation, pact, paper, pledge, promise, proof, record, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding, concordat, handshake, mise |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, misunderstanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
| Synonyms: | accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker*, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
| Antonyms: | break off, disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | covenant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree |
| Synonyms: | bargain, concur, contract, engage, pledge, plight, promise, stipulate, swear, undertake, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disagree |
| Main Entry: | engagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge to marry |
| Synonyms: | assurance, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, contract, match, oath, obligation, pact, plight, promise, troth, undertaking, vow, word, betrothing, betrothment, espousal |
| Antonyms: | break-up, disengagement |
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