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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
Still, his choice to foreground particular aesthetics makes it seem as if series creator Jonathan Tropper purposefully wants to stoke certain urges.
Trump last month imposed 25% tariffs on all imported vehicles and certain automobile parts.
But none of the hats worn by the prolific creator are as iconic — to a certain segment of the music-loving public — as the bespoke red plastic “energy dome” toppers donned by Devo.
Nothing is certain in baseball, but when Seth Hernandez is on the mound for Corona High, the team doesn’t lose.
Under the new rule, its reporting requirements would only apply to about 2,300 facilities in certain sectors of the oil and gas industry.
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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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