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Synonyms for promise
ˈprɒm ɪsprom·ise
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
promisenoun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Synonyms:
hopepromise, hopeverb
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
"there is little or no promise that he will recover"
Synonyms:
hopepromise, 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, seepromiseverb
promise to undertake or give
"I promise you my best effort"
Synonyms:
assure, anticipate, call, foretell, predict, forebode, prognosticatepredict, 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, prefigurepromiseverb
give grounds for expectations
"The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
Synonyms:
assure, anticipate, call, foretell, predict, forebode, prognosticate
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Editors Contribution
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 Synonymes
promisenoun
Synonyms:
word, engagement, assurance, pledgepromisenoun
Synonyms:
promising characterpromiseverb
promiseverb
Synonyms:
give expectation of, excite a hope ofpromiseverb
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 Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "promise":
pledge, promises, promised, swear, commitment, promising, undertaking, bride, pledges
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Promise":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
PROMISE
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PROspective randomized MIlrinone Survival Evaluation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#108 | name | |
#249 | address | |
#255 | phone | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#374 | call | |
#399 | visit | |
#708 | agreement | |
#723 | tell | |
#810 | word | |
#1086 | hope | |
#1138 | bid | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1290 | telephone | |
#1300 | secure | |
#1372 | ensure | |
#1517 | ring | |
#2046 | guarantee | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2693 | forecast | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3318 | commitment | |
#3697 | bargain | |
#4348 | promise | |
#4772 | obligation | |
#5401 | herald | |
#5434 | assurance | |
#5529 | cry | |
#5539 | announce | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5566 | arrangement | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6890 | bride | |
#7231 | assure | |
#7890 | promised | |
#8324 | promises | |
#8692 | predict | |
#8886 | pledge | |
#9756 | promising | |
#10044 | insure | |
#10372 | covenant | |
#11068 | scream | |
#11236 | undertaking | |
#11650 | shout | |
#13628 | swear | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#16757 | pact | |
#19649 | yell | |
#19866 | ascertain | |
#20269 | pledges | |
#27719 | cartel | |
#29752 | omen | |
#30340 | stipulation | |
#32182 | bode | |
#34955 | foresee | |
#35060 | reassure | |
#43616 | harbinger | |
#46975 | holler | |
#49198 | squall | |
#68716 | presage | |
#75403 | forestall | |
#89419 | augur | |
#99650 | foretell | |
#121622 | foreshadow | |
#125593 | portend | |
#237936 | hollo | |
#299067 | prognosticate | |
#301893 | prefigure |
How to use promise in a sentence?
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?
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,'.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for promise
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- beloweAfrikaans
- تعهد, أوعد, وعدArabic
- promesa, prometreCatalan, Valencian
- slib, slíbitCzech
- addoWelsh
- løfteDanish
- VersprechenGerman
- ŋugbedodoEwe
- υπόσχομαιGreek
- promeso, promesiEsperanto
- prometer, promesaSpanish
- نوید وعده قولPersian
- luvata, lupausFinnish
- vœu, promettre, promesseFrench
- gealltanasScottish Gaelic
- prometer, promesaGalician
- הבטיח, הבטחה, נדרHebrew
- वचन देना, शपथ, सौगन्द, वचनHindi
- pwomètHaitian Creole
- megígér, ígér, ígéretHungarian
- խոստում, խոստանալArmenian
- berjanji, menjanjikanIndonesian
- promisarIdo
- loforð, heita, lofa, strengja heitIcelandic
- promettere, giuramento, voto, giurare, promessaItalian
- הַבטָחָהHebrew
- 約束する, 約束Japanese
- ಭರವಸೆKannada
- 약속Korean
- بهڵێن, بهڵێندانKurdish
- polliceor, promissio, promissum, promittoLatin
- Verspriechen, VerspriechungLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- JanjiMalay
- beloven, belofteDutch
- love, løfteNorwegian
- ałgáádeitʼááh, ádee hazhdidziihNavajo, Navaho
- obiecać, obietnicaPolish
- prometer, promessaPortuguese
- promisiune, legământ, promiteRomanian
- обещание, обещатьRussian
- शपथ, व्रत, प्रतिज्ञा, वचनSanskrit
- obljubiti, obljubaSlovene
- löfte, lovaSwedish
- ahadiSwahili
- ఒట్టుTelugu
- ให้สัญญาThai
- söz vermek, vaat, sözTurkish
- شپتھ, وعدہUrdu
- lời hứaVietnamese
- léríYoruba
- 诺言Chinese
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