The slowest one to make a promise is the most faithful one in keeping it.
Source: tatoeba (1869)
Promise
//ˈpɹɒmɪs//
Synonyms for "promise" (226 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (67)
consentconsortiumcontractconventionconvictioncountersigncovenantcovenant of saltdealdependencedesiredickerdo a dealdoomed hopeearnestemployment contractengageengagementensureexpectation
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fair prospectfaithfervent hopeforebodingforecastforecastingforeshadowforeshadowingforeshowforeshowingforesightforetellforetellingforetokenforetokeningformal agreementgive hopegive indication ofgive prospect ofgood cheergood hopegreat expectationsguaranteeguarantyguessworkhalsenhave favorable oddshave good prospectshigh hopeshinthint athold out hopehold out promisehopehopeful prognosishopefulnesshopeshopinghoping against hopeimplyimprobabilityincrease the chances
Related words (113)
indicantindicateindicationinspireinspire hopeinspiritinsureironclad agreementjustify hopelegal agreementlegal contractlikelihoodlook likemake a dealmake a promisemake fair promisemake likelymake more likelymake probablemean
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mutual agreementoathobligationoffer the expectationomenpactpactionparolepasspawnplightportendportentpossibilitypotentialprayerful hopepredictpredictionprefigurationprefigurementprefiguringpreindicationpremonitory shiverpremonitory signpremonitory symptompresagepresagingpresentimentpreshowingpresignifyingpresumptionprobabilityprobabilizeprognosisprognosticprognosticationprophecyprophesyprophesyingprospectprospectsprospectusprotocolraise expectationraise expectationsraise hopereassurerelianceresolutionsanguine expectationsecurityseem likelyshadowshow a tendencyshow signs ofsignsmooth the waysoothsayspeculationspellstand fair tostatistical predictionstipulatestipulationsubscribesubscriptionsuggestsupportsweartokentokeningtransactiontrothtrusttypeunderstandingundertakeundertakingunderwriteunion contractvalid contractvaticinationvouchvowwage contractwarrantwarrantywell-grounded hopewordword of honor
Verb(3 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
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4 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
Translations
287 translations across 118 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- belowe verb (to commit to something)
Albanian
3 entries- premtim noun (vow)
- zotim noun (vow)
- premtoj verb (to commit to something)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ἐπαγγελία noun (vow)
- ὑπόσχεσις noun (vow)
- ἐπαγγέλλομαι verb (to commit to something)
- ὑπισχνέομαι verb (to commit to something)
Arabic
4 entries- وعد noun (vow)
- وَعَد noun (vow)
- وَعْد noun (vow)
- وَعْدَة noun (vow)
Armenian
2 entries- խոստում noun (vow)
- խոստանալ verb (to commit to something)
Asturian
2 entries- promesa noun (vow)
- prometer verb (to commit to something)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- söz noun (vow)
- vəd noun (vow)
- söz vermək verb (to commit to something)
- vəd etmək verb (to commit to something)
Bangi
1 entries- elaka noun (vow)
Bashkir
1 entries- вәғәҙә noun (vow)
Belarusian
3 entries- абяца́нне noun (vow)
- абяца́ць verb (to commit to something)
- паабяца́ць verb (to commit to something)
Bengali
2 entries- অঙ্গীকার noun (vow)
- প্রতিশ্রুতি noun (vow)
Breton
1 entries- promesa noun (vow)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обеща́ние noun (vow)
- обеща́вам verb (to commit to something)
- обеща́я verb (to commit to something)
Burmese
4 entries- ကတိ noun (vow)
- ခံဝန်ချက် noun (vow)
- ဝန်ခံ verb (to commit to something)
- အာမခံ verb (to commit to something)
Catalan
2 entries- promesa noun (vow)
- prometre verb (to commit to something)
Cebuano
1 entries- saad verb (to commit to something)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بەڵێن noun (vow)
- بەڵێندان verb (to commit to something)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏗᎭ verb (to commit to something)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 承諾 /承诺 noun (vow)
- 答應 /答应 noun (vow)
- 許諾 /许诺 noun (vow)
- 誓言 noun (vow)
Church Slavic
1 entries- обѣщати verb (to commit to something)
Corsican
1 entries- prumèssa noun (vow)
Czech
3 entries- slib noun (vow)
- slibovat verb (to commit to something)
- slíbit verb (to commit to something)
Danish
2 entries- løfte noun (vow)
- love verb (to commit to something)
Dutch
2 entries- belofte noun (vow)
- beloven verb (to commit to something)
Esperanto
2 entries- promeso noun (vow)
- promesi verb (to commit to something)
Estonian
2 entries- lubadus noun (vow)
- lubama verb (to commit to something)
Ewe
1 entries- ŋugbedodo noun (vow)
Faroese
4 entries- eiti noun (vow)
- lyfti noun (vow)
- geva lyfti verb (to commit to something)
- lova verb (to commit to something)
Finnish
2 entries- lupaus noun (vow)
- luvata verb (to commit to something)
French
4 entries- promesse noun (vow)
- promesse noun (transaction)
- vœu noun (vow)
- promettre verb (to commit to something)
Gagauz
3 entries- söz noun (vow)
- adamaa verb (to commit to something)
- söz vermää verb (to commit to something)
Galician
3 entries- promesa noun (vow)
- promesa noun (transaction)
- prometer verb (to commit to something)
Georgian
2 entries- დაპირება noun (vow)
- დაპირება verb (to commit to something)
German
3 entries- Versprechen noun (vow)
- Versprechen noun (transaction)
- versprechen verb (to commit to something)
Greek
2 entries- υπόσχεση noun (vow)
- υπόσχομαι verb (to commit to something)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- pwomèt verb (to commit to something)
Hebrew
3 entries- הַבְטָחָה noun (vow)
- נֶדֶר noun (vow)
- הִבְטִיחַ verb (to commit to something)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- panaad noun (vow)
Hindi
4 entries- प्रण noun (vow)
- प्रतिज्ञा noun (vow)
- वचन noun (vow)
- वादा noun (vow)
Hungarian
3 entries- ígéret noun (vow)
- megígér verb (to commit to something)
- ígér verb (to commit to something)
Icelandic
4 entries- loforð noun (vow)
- heita verb (to commit to something)
- lofa verb (to commit to something)
- strengja heit verb (to commit to something)
Ido
1 entries- promisar verb (to commit to something)
Indonesian
2 entries- berjanji verb (to commit to something)
- menjanjikan verb (to commit to something)
Interlingua
1 entries- promissa noun (vow)
Irish
1 entries- gealltanas noun (vow)
Italian
4 entries- giuramento noun (vow)
- promessa noun (vow)
- promessa noun (transaction)
- voto noun (vow)
Japanese
2 entries- 約束 noun (vow)
- 約束する verb (to commit to something)
Kapampangan
1 entries- mangaku verb (to commit to something)
Kazakh
3 entries- уағда noun (vow)
- уәде noun (vow)
- уәде беру verb (to commit to something)
Khmer
2 entries- ពាក្យសន្យា noun (vow)
- សន្យា verb (to commit to something)
Korean
2 entries- 약속 noun (vow)
- 약속하다 verb (to commit to something)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- убада noun (vow)
- сөз берүү verb (to commit to something)
- убада берүү verb (to commit to something)
Lao
3 entries- ຄຳສັນຍາ noun (vow)
- ສັນຍາ verb (to commit to something)
- ໃຫ້ສັນຍາ verb (to commit to something)
Latin
4 entries- promissiō noun (vow)
- prōmissiō noun (transaction)
- prōmissum noun (vow)
- prōmissum noun (transaction)
Latvian
2 entries- solījums noun (vow)
- solīt verb (to commit to something)
Lingala
2 entries- elaka noun (vow)
- laka verb (to commit to something)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pažadas noun (vow)
- žadėti verb (to commit to something)
Low German
1 entries- Verspriäken noun (vow)
Luxembourgish
4 entries- Verspriechen noun (vow)
- Verspriechen noun (transaction)
- Verspriechung noun (vow)
- Verspriechung noun (transaction)
Lü
1 entries- ᦁᦱᦙᦃᦱᧄᧈ verb (to commit to something)
Macedonian
2 entries- ветување noun (vow)
- ветува verb (to commit to something)
Malay
2 entries- janji noun (vow)
- berjanji verb (to commit to something)
Maltese
2 entries- wegħda noun (vow)
- wegħed verb (to commit to something)
Manx
1 entries- gialdin noun (vow)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- wahadi noun (vow)
Middle Korean
1 entries- 벼기다 verb (to commit to something)
Mongolian
2 entries- амлалт noun (vow)
- амлах verb (to commit to something)
Māori
1 entries- kupu taurangi noun (vow)
Navajo
2 entries- ahaʼdeetʼaah noun (transaction)
- ádee hazhdidziih verb (to commit to something)
Nepali
2 entries- वचन noun (vow)
- वाचा गर्नु verb (to commit to something)
Norman
1 entries- promettre verb (to commit to something)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- belên noun (vow)
- ehd noun (vow)
- newîn noun (vow)
- soz noun (vow)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- løfte noun (vow)
- love verb (to commit to something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- løfte noun (vow)
- lova verb (to commit to something)
Old Anatolian Turkish
2 entries- سوز noun (vow)
- وعد noun (vow)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- обѣчати verb (to commit to something)
- обѣщати verb (to commit to something)
Old English
2 entries- ġehāt noun (vow)
- ġehātan verb (to commit to something)
Old French
1 entries- prometre verb (to commit to something)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سوز noun (vow)
- وعد noun (vow)
Pashto
3 entries- واده noun (vow)
- وعده noun (vow)
- ژمنه noun (vow)
Persian
4 entries- مژدال noun (transaction)
- وعده قول noun (vow)
- قول دادن verb (to commit to something)
- وعده دادن verb (to commit to something)
Piedmontese
1 entries- promëssa noun (vow)
Polish
3 entries- obietnica noun (vow)
- obiecać verb (to commit to something)
- obiecywać verb (to commit to something)
Portuguese
2 entries- promessa noun (vow)
- prometer verb (to commit to something)
Romanian
4 entries- făgăduială noun (vow)
- făgăduință noun (vow)
- legământ noun (vow)
- promisiune noun (vow)
Russian
4 entries- обеща́ние noun (vow)
- по́сул noun (vow)
- обеща́ть verb (to commit to something)
- пообеща́ть verb (to commit to something)
Sanskrit
4 entries- प्रतिज्ञा noun (vow)
- वचन noun (vow)
- व्रत noun (vow)
- शपथ noun (vow)
Sardinian
2 entries- promissa noun (vow)
- promìtere verb (to commit to something)
Scots
1 entries- behecht noun (vow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gealltanas noun (vow)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- obećánje noun (vow)
- обећа́ње noun (vow)
- obećávati verb (to commit to something)
- obèćati verb (to commit to something)
Sinhalese
1 entries- පොරොන්දුව noun (vow)
Slovak
3 entries- sľub noun (vow)
- sľubovať verb (to commit to something)
- sľúbiť verb (to commit to something)
Slovene
2 entries- obljuba noun (vow)
- obljubiti verb (to commit to something)
Somali
1 entries- wacad noun (vow)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сӧс бер verb (to commit to something)
Spanish
4 entries- promesa noun (vow)
- promesa noun (transaction)
- promisión noun (vow)
- promisión noun (transaction)
Swahili
2 entries- ahadi noun (vow)
- ahidi verb (to commit to something)
Swedish
2 entries- löfte noun (vow)
- lova verb (to commit to something)
Tagalog
2 entries- pangako noun (vow)
- mangako verb (to commit to something)
Tajik
4 entries- ваъда noun (vow)
- қавл noun (vow)
- ваъда додан verb (to commit to something)
- қавл додан verb (to commit to something)
Tatar
1 entries- вәгъдә noun (vow)
Telugu
1 entries- ఒట్టు noun (vow)
Thai
3 entries- สัญญา noun (vow)
- สัญญา verb (to commit to something)
- ให้สัญญา verb (to commit to something)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- promis noun (vow)
Turkish
3 entries- söz noun (vow)
- vaat noun (vow)
- söz vermek verb (to commit to something)
Turkmen
3 entries- söz noun (vow)
- wada noun (vow)
- söz bermek verb (to commit to something)
Ukrainian
3 entries- обіця́нка noun (vow)
- обіця́ти verb (to commit to something)
- пообіця́ти verb (to commit to something)
Urdu
1 entries- وعدہ noun (vow)
Uyghur
1 entries- ۋەدە noun (vow)
Uzbek
3 entries- soʻz noun (vow)
- vaʼda noun (vow)
- vaʻda bermoq verb (to commit to something)
Venetan
1 entries- inpromésa noun (vow)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lời hứa noun (vow)
- hứa verb (to commit to something)
Volapük
2 entries- prom noun (vow)
- promön verb (to commit to something)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- sa-ad noun (vow)
Welsh
2 entries- addewid noun (vow)
- addo verb (to commit to something)
Yiddish
2 entries- צוזאָג noun (vow)
- צוזאָגן verb (to commit to something)
Yoruba
1 entries- lérí verb (to commit to something)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
You must promise not to take the rope off.
Source: tatoeba (16617)
You must stick to your promise.
Source: tatoeba (16813)
I rest on your promise.
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