Certainly

//ˈsɜː.tn̩.li//

Synonyms for "certainly" (178 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (53)

Adverb(2 words)
for certainfor sure
Phrase(1 words)
god knows

Related words (89)

Intj(1 words)
no problem

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

1 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived

1 entries

derived from

1 entries

related to

7 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

225 translations across 51 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • οὖν adv (with certainty)
  • οὖν adv (without doubt, surely)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أكيد adv (without doubt, surely)
  • بِالتَّأْكِيد adv (with certainty)
  • بِالتَّأْكِيد adv (without doubt, surely)
  • بِالتَّأْكِيد adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Armenian

3 entries
  • անկասկած adv (without doubt, surely)
  • անշուշտ adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • իհարկե adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • әлбиттә adv (without doubt, surely)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • безумо́ўна adv (without doubt, surely)
  • бяссумне́нна adv (without doubt, surely)
  • вядо́ма adv (without doubt, surely)
  • кане́чна adv (without doubt, surely)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • безспо́рно adv (without doubt, surely)
  • несъмне́но adv (without doubt, surely)
  • разби́ра се adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • си́гурно adv (with certainty)

Burmese

1 entries
  • တကယ် adv (without doubt, surely)

Catalan

4 entries
  • certament adv (with certainty)
  • certament adv (without doubt, surely)
  • certament adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • sens dubte adv (without doubt, surely)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئەکید adv (without doubt, surely)
  • ئەکید adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 一定 adv (without doubt, surely)
  • 當然 /当然 adv (without doubt, surely)
  • 當然 /当然 adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Czech

4 entries
  • jistě adv (without doubt, surely)
  • jistě adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • nepochybně adv (without doubt, surely)
  • nepochybně adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Dutch

4 entries
  • beslist adv (without doubt, surely)
  • beslist adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • en of adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • voorzeker adv (without doubt, surely)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • certe adv (with certainty)
  • certe adv (without doubt, surely)
  • certe adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • jes ja adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epäilemättä adv (without doubt, surely)
  • ilman muuta adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • kyllä kiitos adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • todellakin adv (without doubt, surely)

French

4 entries
  • bien sûr adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • certainement adv (with certainty)
  • certainement adv (without doubt, surely)
  • certainement adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Galician

4 entries
  • abofé adv (without doubt, surely)
  • abofé adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • certamente adv (with certainty)
  • sen dúbida adv (without doubt, surely)

German

4 entries
  • freilich adv (without doubt, surely)
  • gewiss adv (without doubt, surely)
  • gwüss adv (without doubt, surely)
  • natürlich adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Greek

4 entries
  • ασφαλώς adv (without doubt, surely)
  • ασφαλώς adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • βεβαίως adv (with certainty)
  • βεβαίως adv (without doubt, surely)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בוודאות adv (with certainty)
  • בוודאות adv (without doubt, surely)
  • בוודאי adv (without doubt, surely)
  • בוודאי adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अवश्य adv (without doubt, surely)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bizonyosan adv (with certainty)
  • biztosan adv (with certainty)
  • feltétlenül adv (without doubt, surely)
  • feltétlenül adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Ido

1 entries
  • certe adv (without doubt, surely)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • certo adv (without doubt, surely)

Italian

4 entries
  • certamente adv (with certainty)
  • certamente adv (without doubt, surely)
  • certamente adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • evidentemente adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Japanese

4 entries
  • その通り adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • もちろん adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • 全く adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • 必ず adv (without doubt, surely)

Korean

1 entries
  • 확실히 adv (without doubt, surely)

Latin

3 entries
  • certē adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • certō adv (without doubt, surely)
  • quippe adv (with certainty)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • сигурно adv (without doubt, surely)

Middle English

3 entries
  • certeynly adv (with certainty)
  • certeynly adv (without doubt, surely)
  • certeynly adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Māori

4 entries
  • anaoa adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • apa ia adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • āe rā adv (without doubt, surely)
  • āpāia adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Norman

3 entries
  • cèrtainement adv (with certainty)
  • cèrtainement adv (without doubt, surely)
  • pour saeure adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Panamint

1 entries
  • nu'u adv (without doubt, surely)

Persian

1 entries
  • بطور محرز adv (without doubt, surely)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • zwoasch adv (without doubt, surely)

Polish

4 entries
  • na pewno adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • pewnie adv (without doubt, surely)
  • z pewnością adv (without doubt, surely)
  • zdecydowanie adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • certamente adv (with certainty)
  • certamente adv (without doubt, surely)
  • certamente adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • garantidamente adv (with certainty)

Romanian

2 entries
  • bineînțeles adv (without doubt, surely)
  • desigur adv (without doubt, surely)

Russian

4 entries
  • безусло́вно adv (without doubt, surely)
  • безусло́вно adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • бесспо́рно adv (without doubt, surely)
  • коне́чно adv (without doubt, surely)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dakako adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • doista adv (without doubt, surely)
  • naravno adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • nesumnjivo adv (emphatic affirmative answer)

Slovak

4 entries
  • iste adv (without doubt, surely)
  • isto adv (without doubt, surely)
  • samozrejme adv (without doubt, surely)
  • určite adv (without doubt, surely)

Spanish

4 entries
  • a juro adv (with certainty)
  • a todas luces adv (without doubt, surely)
  • al cierto adv (with certainty)
  • certeramente adv (with certainty)

Swahili

1 entries
  • maalum adv (without doubt, surely)

Swedish

4 entries
  • naturligtvis adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • självfallet adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • självklart adv (emphatic affirmative answer)
  • säkerligen adv (without doubt, surely)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తప్పక adv (without doubt, surely)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • གདོན་མི་འཚལ་བར adv (without doubt, surely)
  • གོར་མ་ཆག་པར adv (without doubt, surely)
  • ངེས་པར adv (with certainty)
  • ངེས་པར་དུ adv (without doubt, surely)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • nemcek adv (without doubt, surely)
  • ṣñikek adv (without doubt, surely)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kesinlikle adv (with certainty)
  • kesinlikle adv (without doubt, surely)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • авже́ж adv (without doubt, surely)
  • безсумні́вно adv (without doubt, surely)
  • безумо́вно adv (without doubt, surely)
  • звича́йно adv (without doubt, surely)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اوشیے adv (without doubt, surely)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chắc chắn adv (without doubt, surely)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַוודאי adv (without doubt, surely)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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You've worked hard for months and have certainly earned a holiday.

Source: tatoeba (16271)

You'll certainly pass the coming exam.

Source: tatoeba (16729)

Your point may be a little off target, but it certainly is close.

Source: tatoeba (17115)

There's no telling what kind of trouble this proposal might stir up. The result is certainly going to be something to see.

Source: tatoeba (20069)

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