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Synonyms for certainty
ˈsɜr tn ticer·tain·ty
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Wiktionary
certaintynoun
The state of being certain.
Synonyms:
certitudeAntonyms:
uncertainty
English Synonyms and Antonyms
certainty
Demonstration, in the strict and proper sense, is the highest form of proof, and gives the most absolute certainty, but can not be applied outside of pure mathematics or other strictly deductive reasoning; there can be proof and certainty, however, in matters that do not admit of demonstration. A conclusion is the absolute and necessary result of the admission of certain premises; an inference is a probable conclusion toward which known facts, statements, or admissions point, but which they do not absolutely establish; sound premises, together with their necessary conclusion, constitute a demonstration. Evidence is that which tends to show a thing to be true; in the widest sense, as including self-evidence or consciousness, it is the basis of all knowledge. Proof in the strict sense is complete, irresistible evidence; as, there was much evidence against the accused, but not amounting to proof of guilt. Moral certainty is a conviction resting on such evidence as puts a matter beyond reasonable doubt, while not so irresistible as demonstration. Compare HYPOTHESIS; INDUCTION.
Synonyms:
conclusion, consequence, deduction, demonstration, evidence, induction, inference, proof
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
certainty
Synonyms:
assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence, convictionAntonyms:
dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity, hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision
Princeton's WordNet
certaintynoun
the state of being certain
"his certainty reassured the others"
Synonyms:
foregone conclusion, sure thingAntonyms:
dubiousness, dubiety, uncertainty, uncertainness, doubt, precariousness, incertitude, doubtfulnesscertainty, sure thing, foregone conclusionnoun
something that is certain
"his victory is a certainty"
Synonyms:
foregone conclusion, matter of course, sure thingAntonyms:
incertitude, uncertainty, precariousness, dubiousness, uncertainness, doubtfulness, doubt, dubiety
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
certaintynoun
Synonyms:
surety, indubitableness, certitude, freedom from doubtcertaintynoun
Synonyms:
truth, fact, fixed fact, accomplished fact, real state
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
certaintynoun
Synonyms:
sureness, confidence, assurance, surety, fact, truthAntonyms:
uncertainty
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "certainty":
security, safety, assurance, clarity, uncertainty, confidence, confident
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#299 | security | |
#714 | safety | |
#1306 | evidence | |
#2957 | proof | |
#3355 | confidence | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#5434 | assurance | |
#6500 | demonstration | |
#7608 | confident | |
#7863 | uncertainty | |
#7870 | clarity | |
#8419 | consequence | |
#8673 | induction | |
#9120 | conviction | |
#11400 | deduction | |
#14541 | inference | |
#14578 | certainty | |
#105923 | certitude | |
#284813 | positiveness |
How to use certainty in a sentence?
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.
Mathematically there's a fact - the advantage Duque had over us has diminished, have certainty that we're going to win, that Colombia's history can be changed.
Václav Havel, Disturbing the Peace, ch. 5 (1986; tr. 1990).:
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
They want help from the Department of Agriculture. They want certainty that their crops and their livestock are safe and free from contamination and that the food supply and their livelihoods are safe.
The presence of God is never a matter of certainty but always a matter of faith
Translations for certainty
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- يقينArabic
- увереност, сигурностBulgarian
- jistotaCzech
- SicherheitGerman
- βεβαιότηταGreek
- certecoEsperanto
- certezaSpanish
- certitudeFrench
- cinnteacht, deimhneacht, dearfacht, deimhne, deimhinIrish
- cinntScottish Gaelic
- 確信Japanese
- zekerheidDutch
- certezaPortuguese
- certitudine, siguranțăRomanian
- уве́ренностьRussian
- izvesnostSerbo-Croatian
- bainishaSwahili
- 肯定Chinese
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