Sure

//ʃɔː(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "sure" (329 found)

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Closest matches (66)

Strong matches (99)

dead decided decisive definite deliberate dependable destined determinate determinative determined devout documentary documented dogmatic doubtless eager effective emphatic enduring ensured

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Adjective(2 words)

destined failsafe

Adverb(2 words)

for certain for sure

Adjective(1 words)

indisputable

Related words (164)

muss be naturally naturellement necessary never-failing not surprised nuncupative of course okay on the lookout for optimistic oui overconfident oversure overweening overwhelming palpable perfectly sure persuaded pert

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pietistic pious pistic poised pompous positive positively precisely predestined predetermined predictable prepared presumptive probative proud proven purposeful quite rather ready real really reassured relentless reliable resistless responsible right righto rocky roger safe sanguine satisfied secured self-assertive self-assured self-confident self-important self-possessed self-reliant self-satisfied set significant sold on solid sound stable staunch steadfast straight strong substantial suggestive sure as death sure as fate sure thing sure-enough sure-fire surefire surely symptomatic telling tested to be sure to be trusted tried tried and true truly trustable trusted trustworthy trusty unafraid unambiguous unavoidable unchangeable unchanging uncompromising uncontestable uncontrollable undeflectable undeniable under the impression undeviating undisputed undoubtful undoubting unequivocal unerring unfailing unfalse unfaltering unflinching unhesitating univocal unmistakable unperfidious unpreventable unqualified unquestionable unquestioning unshakable unshakeable unshaken unstoppable unsurprised unswerving untreacherous unvarying unwavering unyielding valid very well waiting waiting for warranted watching for weighty well and good well-founded well-grounded wholehearted why yes yea yeah yep yes yes indeed yes indeedy yes sir yes sirree

Intj(4 words)

muss-be of course ok yes

Adjective(4 words)

positive reliable sicker wis

Adverb(3 words)

sure as shooting sure enough surely

Adjective(1 words)

trusted

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

unsure

Synonyms

6 entries

certain certain p for certain indisputable ok trusted

derived

42 entries

I'm sure as sure as eggs are eggs as sure as eggs is eggs cock-sure damn sure for sure make sure self-sure slow but sure wins the race sure as a gun sure as death sure as death and taxes sure as eggs sure as eggs are eggs sure as eggs is eggs sure as fate

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

cure sicker

has context

1 entries

modal adverb

is a

1 entries

deodorant

related to

9 entries

belief certain certainly doubt knowledge of course secure without yes

similar

25 entries

bound careful certain confident convinced dependable destined doomed fated foreordained in for positive predestinate predestined predictable

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Translations

182 translations across 59 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

أَكِيد adj (certain, reliable)
متأكِّد adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
مُتأكِّد adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
مُتَأَكِّد adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Armenian

4 entries

հաստատուն adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
վստահ adj (certain, reliable)
անշուշտ intj (of course)
իհարկե intj (of course)

Aromanian

1 entries

sigur adj (certain, reliable)

Asturian

1 entries

seguru adj (certain, reliable)

Basque

2 entries

seguru adj (certain, reliable)
seguru adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Belarusian

2 entries

пэ́ўны adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
упэ́ўнены adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Bulgarian

4 entries

си́гурен adj (certain, reliable)
си́гурен adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
уве́рен adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
разбира се intj (noncommittal yes)

Catalan

2 entries

segur adj (certain, reliable)
segur adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Chamicuro

1 entries

akachelo'ta adj (certain, reliable)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

確定 /确定 adj (certain, reliable)
確定 /确定 adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
當然 /当然 intj (of course)

Czech

2 entries

jistý adj (certain, reliable)
jistý adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Danish

1 entries

sikker adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Dutch

2 entries

zeker adj (certain, reliable)
zeker adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Esperanto

1 entries

certa adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Finnish

4 entries

varma adj (certain, reliable)
varma adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
toki intj (noncommittal yes)
toki intj (of course)

French

4 entries

certain adj (certain, reliable)
certain adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
sûr adj (certain, reliable)
sûr adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Friulian

2 entries

ciert adj (certain, reliable)
sigûr adj (certain, reliable)

Galician

3 entries

certo adj (certain, reliable)
certo adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
seguro adj (certain, reliable)

Georgian

3 entries

დარწმუნებული adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
სანდო adj (certain, reliable)
უთუოდ intj (of course)

German

4 entries

hieb- und stichfest adj (certain, reliable)
sicher adj (certain, reliable)
sicher adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
stichhaltig adj (certain, reliable)

Greek

4 entries

ασφαλής adj (certain, reliable)
βέβαιος adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
σίγουρος adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
βεβαίως intj (of course)

Hebrew

3 entries

בָּטוּחַ adj (certain, reliable)
בָּטוּחַ adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
בטח intj (of course)

Hindi

3 entries

निश्चित adj (certain, reliable)
निश्चित adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
पक्का adj (certain, reliable)

Hungarian

4 entries

biztos adj (certain, reliable)
mindenképpen adj (certain to act or be)
hogyne intj (of course)
persze intj (of course)

Icelandic

1 entries

viss adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Irish

2 entries

dearfa adj (certain, reliable)
deimhin adj (certain, reliable)

Italian

4 entries

certa adj (certain, reliable)
certo adj (certain, reliable)
sicura adj (certain, reliable)
sicuro adj (certain, reliable)

Japanese

3 entries

確か adj (certain, reliable)
確信した adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
もちろん intj (of course)

Kapampangan

4 entries

makasiguru adj (certain, reliable)
mapiwu adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
siguradu adj (certain, reliable)
siempre intj (of course)

Korean

3 entries

확실하다 adj (certain, reliable)
확실하다 adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
물론 intj (of course)

Ladin

2 entries

cert adj (certain, reliable)
cërt adj (certain, reliable)

Latin

1 entries

certus adj (certain, reliable)

Macedonian

3 entries

сигурен adj (certain, reliable)
сигурен adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
уверен adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

na yakini adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Norman

1 entries

seux adj (certain, reliable)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

sikker adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
ja visst intj (of course)
jepp intj (of course)

Occitan

1 entries

segur adj (certain, reliable)

Old English

1 entries

ġewiss adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Persian

1 entries

مطمئن adj (certain, reliable)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

wess adj (certain, reliable)

Polish

4 entries

pewien adj (certain, reliable)
pewny adj (certain, reliable)
pewny adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
jasne intj (noncommittal yes)

Portuguese

4 entries

certo adj (certain, reliable)
certo adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
seguro adj (certain, reliable)
claro intj (of course)

Romanian

4 entries

cert adj (certain, reliable)
cert adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
sigur adj (certain, reliable)
sigur adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Romansch

4 entries

segir adj (certain, reliable)
sgür adj (certain, reliable)
sieir adj (certain, reliable)
siir adj (certain, reliable)

Russian

4 entries

ве́рный adj (certain, reliable)
надёжный adj (certain, reliable)
уве́ренный adj (certain, reliable)
уве́ренный adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Sardinian

4 entries

securu adj (certain, reliable)
seguru adj (certain, reliable)
sicuru adj (certain, reliable)
siguru adj (certain, reliable)

Scots

1 entries

shuir adj (certain, reliable)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cinnteach adj (certain, reliable)
deimhinn adj (certain, reliable)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sȉgūran adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
ùveren adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
си̏гӯран adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
у̀верен adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Sicilian

3 entries

certu adj (certain, reliable)
sicuru adj (certain, reliable)
siguro adj (certain, reliable)

Slovak

2 entries

istý adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
určite intj (of course)

Slovene

2 entries

gotov adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
sevéda intj (of course)

Spanish

4 entries

cierto adj (certain, reliable)
seguro adj (certain, reliable)
seguro adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
tener claro adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Swedish

4 entries

säker adj (certain, reliable)
säker adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
jodå intj (of course)
självklart intj (of course)

Turkish

1 entries

emin adj (certain, reliable)

Ukrainian

4 entries

пе́вний adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
упе́внений adj (certain, reliable)
упе́внений adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
зві́сно intj (of course)

Venetan

4 entries

seguro adj (certain, reliable)
serto adj (certain, reliable)
sigur adj (certain, reliable)
siguro adj (certain, reliable)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chắc chắn adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Welsh

4 entries

sicr adj (certain, reliable)
sicr adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
siwr adj (certain, reliable)
siŵr adj (certain in one's knowledge or belief)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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Are you sure?

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Are you sure of your facts?

Source: tatoeba (16057)

You should make sure of the fact without hesitation.

Source: tatoeba (16509)

Are you sure about the cost of that car?

Source: tatoeba (16583)

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