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certain
adjective as in confident
Weak matches
assertive, assured, believing, calm, cocksure, questionless, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-confident, unconcerned, undisturbed, undoubtful, undoubting, unperturbed, untroubled
adjective as in undoubtable, valid
Weak matches
ascertained, authoritative, conclusive, confirmable, demonstrable, destined, determined, establishable, evident, firm, fixed, guaranteed, having down pat, in the bag, incontrovertible, indubitable, infallible, irrefutable, known, on ice, plain, predestined, provable, reliable, salted away, set, sound, supreme, trustworthy, unambiguous, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unmistakable, verifiable
adjective as in fixed
Weak matches
assured, bound, certified, concluded, decided, determined, ensured, established, guaranteed, insured, set, settled, stated, stipulated, warranted
Example Sentences
Emails reportedly sent in advance of official visits, including to a VIP lunch, ask for "no bananas" to be allowed on certain premises and refer to Brandberg having a "strong allergy" to the fruit.
And the groups gained a certain legitimacy — they were cited hundreds of times by six of the largest U.S. news outlets, including The New York Times.
However, certain policy proposals may pose economic risks.
Other proposals suggest pension schemes need to reach a certain size or pool together.
Thirty-six years since they said a certain bio-exorcist’s name three times.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say certain?
Certain, one of a handful of adjectives indicating full belief and trust that something is true, suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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