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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
sure (adjective)
1.
obsolete safe from danger or harm
2.
firmly established - steadfast a sure hold
3.
- reliable trustworthy a sure friend
4.
a) marked by or given to feelings of confident certainty - I'm sure I'm right
b) characterized by a lack of wavering or hesitation - sure brush strokes a sure hand
5.
admitting of no doubt - indisputable spoke from sure knowledge
6.
a) bound to happen - inevitable sure disaster
b) - bound destined is sure to win
7.
careful to remember, attend to, or find out something - be sure to lock the door
sure (adverb)
- surely
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
sure (adjective)
1.
having or showing a mind free from doubt
SYNONYMS:
assured, clear, cocksure, confident, doubtless, implicit, positive, sanguine, sure
RELATED WORDS:
self-assured, self-conceited, self-confident; decisive, resolute, unfaltering, unhesitating, unquestioning, unwavering
NEAR ANTONYMS:
hesitant, indecisive, vacillating, wavering; diffident, unassuming
doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsure
sure (adjective)
2.
impossible to avoid or evade
SYNONYMS:
certain, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, necessary, sure, unavoidable, unescapable
RELATED WORDS:
decided, definite, settled; likely, possible, probable; destined, fated, foreordained, predestined, predetermined, preordained; inexorable, relentless, unremitting, unstoppable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
preventable ( preventible); doubtful, dubious, questionable, shaky, unclear; undecided, unsettled; undependable, unreliable; improbable, unlikely
avoidable, evadable, uncertain, unsure
sure (adjective)
3.
not likely to fail
SYNONYMS:
can't-miss, certain, fail-safe, sure, surefire, unfailing
RELATED WORDS:
dependable, reliable; deadly, unerring
NEAR ANTONYMS:
doubtful, questionable, uncertain
fallible
sure (adjective)
4.
worthy of one's trust
SYNONYMS:
calculable, good, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, solid, steady, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty
RELATED WORDS:
constant, devoted, faithful, fast, loyal, staunch ( stanch), steadfast, true-blue; honest, sincere, single-minded; infallible, unerring; bedrock, firm, sound, strong; effective, telling; attested, authenticated, confirmed, proven, valid, validated, verified; blameless, faultless, guiltless, impeccable, inerrant, irreproachable, unimpeachable, unquestionable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue; deceitful, dishonest, lying, mendacious, untruthful; debatable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, fishy, problematic ( problematical), questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, uncertain, unsound; hazardous, risky; unconfirmed, untried
dodgy [], uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsafe, untrustworthy
sure (adjective)
5.
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
SYNONYMS:
accomplished, certain, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, positive, sure, unanswerable, unarguable, unchallengeable, undeniable, unquestionable
RELATED WORDS:
unambiguous, unequivocal; absolute, clear, conclusive, decisive, definite, hands-down; uncontested, uncontradicted, undisputed, unquestioned
NEAR ANTONYMS:
controversial, debated, disputed; doubtful, dubious, iffy, inconclusive, indecisive, uncertain; ambiguous, equivocal; academic ( academical), hypothetical, speculative, theoretical ( theoretic)
answerable, arguable, contradictable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable, moot, negotiable, problematic ( problematical), questionable, refutable
sure (adverb)
without any question
SYNONYMS:
all right, alright, assuredly, certainly, clearly, definitely, doubtless, easily, forsooth, hands down, inarguably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indisputably, plainly, really, so, sure, surely, truly, unarguably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably
RELATED WORDS:
conceivably, likely, perhaps, possibly, probably; obviously, unmistakably
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