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

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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

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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

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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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1. Thomas Worsdell:

   We can increase forest cover and still farm in the forest, but there is no assurance we won’t be evicted again. We need a title so that we are secure, and our children can be secure.

2. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   The first love-letter is an epoch in love's happy season — it makes assurance doubly sure — that which has hitherto, perhaps, only found utterance in sweet and hurried words, now seems to take a more tangible existence. A love-letter is a proof of how dearly, even in absence, you are remembered.

3. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Founder of modern Turkey 24.04.1921:

   A youth with wings are the assurance of our nation's future. We must start to work right away and make progress so that; if one day Westerners leave their footprints on the moon, we shall place a Turkish one among those.

4. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   We hope by tomorrow (Friday) we will have in place short-term emergency measures that will provide us with the level of assurance we need to allow flights to go out from the UK empty and bring those people back to the UK.

5. Mark Kimmitt:

   We're sending a message of assurance to our NATO allies. We have obligations, under the NATO treaty, to defend those countries if attacked. I think those countries in the region are going to be welcoming the positioning of these -- this equipment into their countries.