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. Imran Khan:

   Independence Day is an opportunity for great happiness, but today we are saddened by the plight of our Kashmiri brothers in occupied Jammu and Kashmir who are victims of Indian oppression, i assure my Kashmiri brothers that we stand with them.

2. John Kasich:

   For heaven’s sake, this is 2015. I’ve run the largest technology company in the world. Let me assure you we know how to build an employer verification system that would work. We can solve this. We just need to do it.

3. Joseph Dunford:

   That is one of the more important tasks we face, is to prioritize and allocate resources in accordance with the strategy, and... if you look at what the combatant commanders would identity as their requirements, our inventory falls short of meeting all of what the combatant commanders would want to have, so the art for us is to have enough of our forces forward to demonstrate commitment, assure our allies, to demonstrate the ability to respond -- which enhances deterrence -- and then have the inherent flexibility in the force to get the right amount of forces in the right place, at the right time in the event deterrence fails.

4. General Pradhan:

   I pray for everyone's safety and assure all possible support from the Central Government.

5. Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:

   But I can assure Australians that our security system, our border protection, our domestic security arrangements, are much stronger than they are in Europe where regrettably they allowed security to slip.