What are some opposite words for promise?
Antonyms for promise
ˈprɒm ɪsprom·ise
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term promise.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
promise
All these words involve at least two parties, tho an engagement or promise may be the act of but one. A contract is a formal agreement between two or more parties for the doing or leaving undone some specified act or acts, and is ordinarily in writing. Mutual promises may have the force of a contract. A consideration, or compensation, is essential to convert an agreement into a contract. A contract may be oral or written. A covenant in law is a written contract under seal. Covenant is frequent in religious usage, as contract is in law and business. Compact is essentially the same as contract, but is applied to international agreements, treaties, etc. A bargain is a mutual agreement for an exchange of values, without the formality of a contract. A stipulation is a single item in an agreement or contract. A cartel is a military agreement for the exchange of prisoners or the like.
Synonyms:
agreement, arrangement, bargain, cartel, compact, contract, covenant, engagement, obligation, pact, pledge, stipulation
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promisenoun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
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hopepromise, hopeverb
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
"there is little or no promise that he will recover"
Synonyms:
hopepromise, assureverb
make a promise or commitment
Synonyms:
predict, reassure, ascertain, control, forebode, assure, guarantee, call, prognosticate, anticipate, check, see to it, foretell, insure, tell, ensure, secure, seepromiseverb
promise to undertake or give
"I promise you my best effort"
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assure, anticipate, call, foretell, predict, forebode, prognosticatepredict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promiseverb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"
Synonyms:
forestall, predict, augur, forebode, foreshadow, scream, prognosticate, counter, phone, yell, foreknow, shout out, foretell, cry, herald, call in, auspicate, expect, holler, call up, betoken, call off, assure, call, look for, send for, previse, anticipate, address, visit, portend, shout, bode, foresee, look to, announce, presage, name, hollo, squall, bid, ring, omen, forecast, harbinger, telephone, annunciate, prefigurepromiseverb
give grounds for expectations
"The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
Synonyms:
assure, anticipate, call, foretell, predict, forebode, prognosticate
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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
PROMISE
Synonyms:
PROspective randomized MIlrinone Survival Evaluation
How to use promise in a sentence?
Human gene editing offers great promise for improving human health and well-being but it also raises significant ethical and societal issues, it is vital that we have a well-informed international debate about the potential benefits and risks, and this summit can hopefully set the tone for that discussion.
Running investigations in a private, fact-centric way is unquestionably the right way to conduct a serious investigation. The pitfall, of course, is that commentators, and sometimes even Members of your own Conference, offer thoughts on matters on which they are not familiar, my team of investigators, drawn from the military, federal agencies and the congressional oversight and ethics committees, has worked hard, and in an above-board manner. It is unfortunate when claims are made by those who do not know what the committee has done, why it has done it, or the results of its work. We made a promise to the families about the integrity of this investigation, and no one on the majority side has forgotten it.
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
It’s because immunotherapy has demonstrated such effectiveness and promise that these questions are worth asking, i don’t think the concern is that effectiveness of treatment against the cancer is going to be less.
We've seen broken promise after broken promise.
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