Synonyms for promise
ˈprɒm ɪsprom·ise

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. 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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. promiseverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, assure

   Antonyms:
   covenant, pledge, stipulate

2. promisenoun

   Synonyms:
   engagement, assurance, word, pledge

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promisenoun

   a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

   Synonyms:
   hope

2. promise, hopeverb

   grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

   "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

   Synonyms:
   hope

3. promise, 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, see

4. promiseverb

   promise to undertake or give

   "I promise you my best effort"

   Synonyms:
   assure, anticipate, call, foretell, predict, forebode, prognosticate

5. predict, 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, prefigure

6. promiseverb

   give grounds for expectations

   "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"

   Synonyms:
   assure, anticipate, call, foretell, predict, forebode, prognosticate

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Commitment
   • Declare
   • Guess
   • Speech Act

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1. heritagenoun

   something (or someone) promised to the next generation.

   jesus christ is the promised messiah. "many died in the faith, not having received the promise, but having seen it afar off, confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."

   Submitted by tburr3415 on May 5, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. promisenoun

   Synonyms:
   word, engagement, assurance, pledge

2. promisenoun

   Synonyms:
   promising character

3. promiseverb

   Synonyms:
   pledge, engage, covenant, assure

4. promiseverb

   Synonyms:
   give expectation of, excite a hope of

5. promiseverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, agree, stipulate, bargain, be sworn, pledge one's self, plight one's word, pass one's word, give assurance, make an agreement, tie one's self

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. promisenoun

   Synonyms:
   pledge, word, parole, plight, betrothal, troth, vow, assurance, covenant

2. promiseverb

   Synonyms:
   pledge, covenant, assure, plight

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

1. List of paraphrases for "promise":

   pledge, promises, promised, swear, commitment, promising, undertaking, bride, pledges

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1. List of known nicknames for "Promise":

   Promise Jason Jamal Shepherd

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. PROMISE

   Synonyms:
   PROspective randomized MIlrinone Survival Evaluation

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How to use promise in a sentence?

1. unknown:

   Love is a decision; it is a judgment; it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?

2. Vice President Joe Biden:

   He said, 'I'll give you the money. Whatever you need, I'll give you the money. Don't, Joe -- promise me. Promise me.' I said, 'I don't think we're going to have to anyway.' He said, 'promise me,'.

3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   War is always the same. It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that you do not even know well enough to hate. Therefore, to know war is to know that there is still madness in the world.

4. Donald Trump:

   Knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. OK? Just knock the hell -- I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise.

5. Mark A. Clement:

   Leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver.