Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "promise" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

lie

Derived Terms

a lick and a promise a promise is a promise a promise made is a promise kept breach of promise break a promise break one's promise break-promise election promise forepromise lick and a promise mispromise on a promise outpromise overpromise pinky promise prepromise promisable promise ring promise the earth promise the moon promise the stars promise the world promiseful promiseless promiser repromise underpromise unpromise

Etymologically Related To

admit commit mission permit

Context

computing programming

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bespeak betoken commitment declare dedication expectation guess hazard indicate outlook point pretend prospect signal speech act venture

Type Of (IsA)

commitment expectation speech act verbal guarantee

Manner Of

be declare

Receives Action

broken

Related Terms

promised promisee promising promisor promissory

Related Terms

affirmation agreement always always kept asynchronous bestowal commit commitment contract covenant cross cross heart cross heat deal deal agreement expectation fulfillment future future agreement guarantee heart heat honor i will keeping kept made marriage oat oath object obligation pact personal personal oath personal pledge pinky pinky swear placeholder pledge potential secrets solemn solemn vow something made spoken sure swear swearing tort trust unbreakable vow wedding wedding vow will

Synonym Network

halsen pledge predict

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.