Synonyms for assurance
əˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr-as·sur·ance

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. assurance

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, boldness, confidence, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assurance

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, impudence, boldness, self-confidence, selfreliance, promise, assertion, presumption, effrontery, self-assertion

   Antonyms:
   distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, surenessnoun

   freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

   "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"

   Synonyms:
   potency, pledge, sanction, dominance, authorization, trust, self-confidence, say-so, self-assurance, federal agency, agency, bureau, sureness, confidence, government agency, office, authority, authorisation

2. assurance, pledgenoun

   a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

   "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

   Synonyms:
   confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, pledge, sureness, toast

3. assurancenoun

   a statement intended to inspire confidence

   "the President's assurances were not respected"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, authority, confidence, pledge, sureness

4. assurancenoun

   a British term for some kinds of insurance

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, authority, confidence, pledge, sureness

Matched Categories

1. • Certainty
   • Commitment
   • Insurance
   • Statement

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   security, certainty, conviction, persuasion, pledge of certainty, ground of confidence

2. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   promise, engagement, word of honor

3. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation, asseveration, averment, avowal

4. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   intrepidity, courage, confidence, firmness, self-reliance

5. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   boldness, effrontery, brass, impudence, impertinence, presumption, CHEEK, face, front

6. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) insurance

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1. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   surety, promise, confidence, conviction, assuredness, effrontery, audacity, impudence, insurance

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "assurance":

   insurance, guarantee, assurances, reliability, 'assurance, warranty, reassurance, certainty, guarantees, control, security, certification, guaranteeing, ensuring, credibility, confidence, guaranteed

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How to use assurance in a sentence?

1. Herbert Butterfield:

   The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.

2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   There is anything but an assurance of success, I have to be very clear about that.

3. Akhenaton:

   In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed.

4. Albert Einstein:

   I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make the day's work like a happy child at play. (referring to America)

5. Ray Boisvert:

   I would think that they would want to have some level of assurance that this was not targeting the Games or targeting any other facility around there.