Certain

/ˈsɜː.tən/

Synonyms for "certain" (378 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (76)

Adjective(11 words)
sureabsolute improvementapodeicticbulletproofclear goalsclear graphclear highlightsclear physical evidenceclear thumbs-upconclusive diagnosisconfirmed
Noun(6 words)
absolute termbe sureclear definitionclear evidenceclear scientific representationdanish sikker
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (113)

Related words (189)

Show 141 more words
Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
more absolutemost deterministicsecurityswedish säker
Determiner(1 words)
most forced reading
Adjective(13 words)

How these synonyms differ

  • assured - 'Assured' blends certainty with calm self-possession. An assured tone doesn't just convey what you know, it conveys that you're unbothered by challenge.
  • confident - 'Confident' is certainty expressed through manner, a confident person projects their conviction outward, sometimes before the evidence warrants it.
  • convinced - 'Convinced' means certainty arrived at through evidence or argument, someone persuaded you, or the facts stacked up until doubt collapsed.
  • definite - 'Definite' eliminates ambiguity, a definite answer, a definite plan. It's certainty that's been locked in and won't change.
  • sure - 'Sure' is conversational and immediate, you're sure about a fact or a decision right now. 'Certain' carries more formal weight.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

5 entries

Collocations

9 entries
certain casescertain conditionscertain elementscertain evidencecertain extentcertain factorscertain individualscertain regionscertain sources

Inflections

2 entries
more certainmost certain

Derivations

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

153 translations across 62 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • τις adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • ἔμπεδος adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أَكِيد adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • بَعْض adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • مُتَأَكِّد adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հաստատուն adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Asturian

1 entries
  • ciertu adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • müəyyən adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • əmin adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • не́йкі adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • пэ́ўны adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • упэ́ўнены adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • які́сь adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • някакъв adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • някой си adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • си́гурен adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • уве́рен adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cert adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • cert adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • akachelo'ta adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 一定 adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • 有的 adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • 確切 /确切 adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Czech

2 entries
  • jistý adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • nějaký adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Danish

1 entries
  • sikker adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Dutch

3 entries
  • bepaald adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • zeker adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • zeker adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • certa adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Finnish

3 entries
  • eräs adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • varma adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • yksi adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

French

3 entries
  • certain adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • certain adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • quelconque adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Friulian

3 entries
  • ciert adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • positîv adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • sigûr adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Georgian

2 entries
  • უდავო adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • უეჭველი adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

German

4 entries
  • gewiss adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • gewiss adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • irgendein adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • sicher adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Greek

1 entries
  • βέβαιος adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Hindi

1 entries
  • निश्चित adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bizonyos adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • bizonyos adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • biztos adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • egyes adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • viss adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • öruggur adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Ido

2 entries
  • certa adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • certena adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Irish

3 entries
  • cinnte adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • dearfa adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • deimhin adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Istriot

1 entries
  • sierto adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Italian

4 entries
  • certo adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • certo adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • sicuro adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • tale adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ある adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • 一定 adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • 定か adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • 特定の adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ជាក់លាក់ adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Korean

3 entries
  • 어느 adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • 특정 adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • 확실하다 adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Ladin

2 entries
  • cert adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • cërt adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Latin

3 entries
  • certus adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • fidus adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • quīdam adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • сигурен adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • уверен adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ċert adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Māori

1 entries
  • taketake adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • sikker adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • viss adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cèrt adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Odia

1 entries
  • ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦିଷ୍ଟ adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Old English

1 entries
  • gewiss adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Old High German

1 entries
  • giwis adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • wess adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Polish

3 entries
  • jakiś adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • niejaki adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • pewny adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • certo adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Romanian

3 entries
  • anume adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • cert adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • sigur adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Russian

4 entries
  • како́й-то adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • не́кий adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • не́который adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • определённый adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • certu adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • tzeltu adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • tzertu adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cinnteach adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • deimhinne adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sȉgūran adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • sȉgūran adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • ùveren adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • си̏гӯран adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • certu adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Slovak

2 entries
  • istý adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • nejaký adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gotov adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Spanish

4 entries
  • [estar] certero adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • [estar] cierto adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • certero adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • cierto adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Swahili

1 entries
  • fulani adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)

Swedish

1 entries
  • säker adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Tetum

1 entries
  • tebes adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Thai

1 entries
  • แน่นอน adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bazı adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • belli başlı adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • emin adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • kesin adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • де́який adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • котри́йсь adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • пе́вний adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • упе́внений adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Venetan

3 entries
  • certo adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • serto adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • çerto adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chắc chắn adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • געוויס adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • זיכער adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • delil adj (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
  • emel adj (sure, positive, not doubting)
  • qeta adj (sure, positive, not doubting)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

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I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.

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I'm certain of your success.

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Your eyes have a certain magnetism.

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There is certain to be some opposition to your suggestion.

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