Synonyms for assure
əˈʃʊər, əˈʃɜras·sure

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1. assure

   Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.

   Synonyms:
   confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

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1. assure

   Synonyms:
   advise, advertise, promise, inform, rally, console, encourage, countenance, aid, support, convince, uphold, certify

   Antonyms:
   misinform, misadvise, mislead, deceive, discomfit, disconceit, deter, discourage, warn, dissuade, unsettle, intimidate

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1. guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secureverb

   make certain of

   "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, reassure, ascertain, batten, control, plug, stop up, warrant, batten down, guarantee, underwrite, fix, cover, promise, fasten, check, see to it, undertake, procure, insure, tell, vouch, secure, see

2. assure, tellverb

   inform positively and with certainty and confidence

   "I tell you that man is a crook!"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, ensure, reassure, state, say, severalize, recount, control, narrate, promise, enjoin, check, guarantee, secern, differentiate, severalise, separate, recite, ascertain, secernate, see to it, distinguish, insure, tell, order, evidence, secure, see

3. assureverb

   assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence

   "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

   Synonyms:
   see, ascertain, see to it, promise, check, guarantee, ensure, insure, control, tell, secure, reassure

4. see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assureverb

   be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

   "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

   Synonyms:
   guarantee, ensure, project, interpret, verify, look, experience, tick off, visualise, fit, gibe, image, hold, run across, moderate, learn, checker, condition, mark off, run into, discover, escort, stop, examine, pick up, visit, reckon, consider, tally, come across, get a line, hold in, suss out, get wind, check off, check over, take care, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, command, insure, attend, promise, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, underwrite, meet, go out, witness, manipulate, fancy, catch, construe, find out, see, discipline, tell, check into, regard, visualize, picture, find, go through, take in, correspond, curb, secure, view, keep in line, arrest, hear, cover, contain, operate, get word, envision, determine, figure, encounter, retard, crack, turn back, reassure, chequer, watch, see to it, break, understand, check out, master, go steady, tick, realise, jibe, agree, delay

5. reassure, assureverb

   cause to feel sure; give reassurance to

   "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

   Synonyms:
   see, ascertain, see to it, promise, check, guarantee, ensure, insure, control, tell, secure, reassure

6. promise, assureverb

   make a promise or commitment

   Synonyms:
   predict, reassure, ascertain, control, promise, forebode, guarantee, call, prognosticate, anticipate, check, see to it, foretell, insure, tell, ensure, secure, see

Matched Categories

1. • Affirm
   • Calm
   • Declare
   • Persuade
   • Verify

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1. assureverb

   Synonyms:
   make certain or sure, free from doubt or uncertainty

2. assureverb

   Synonyms:
   embolden, encourage, enhearten, hearten, make confident

3. assureverb

   Synonyms:
   declare to (confidently and earnestly), vouch to, avow to, protest to, warrant

4. assureverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) insure, agree to indemnify for loss, secure against loss

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1. List of paraphrases for "assure":

   reassure, ensure, guarantee, ensuring, confirm, insure, secure, emphasize, provide, convince, affirm

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1. ASSURE

   Synonyms:
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1. Jeff Sessions:

   The best answer for me is that I should not announce that. Recusals are not made public, but internally binding, i can assure you I have not violated my recusal.

2. Merrick Garland:

   I am watching, and I will be watching all the hearings, although I may not be able to watch all of it live, but I will be sure that I am watching all of it. And I can assure you that the January 6 prosecutors are watching all of the hearings as well.

3. Top US:

   We're going to get to the bottom of all that, but I can assure the families that the force protection of our force is -- not only for me, but for every commander all the way down the line -- that's the number one priority for every one of us. Absolutely.

4. Gregory Poland:

   So if you say to me,' can you assure me that getting dose five or dose six of this new vaccine in the background of having received these previous doses is absolutely safe ?' I'd say' no, I can't.' We're extrapolating. And I think we ought to be clear about that.

5. Carlos Slim:

   I can assure you that we have not participated in any act of corruption at any time.