Word Meanings - CERTAINTY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth

Additional info about word: CERTAINTY

Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth unquestionable established. Certainties are uninteresting and sating. Landor.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CERTAINTY)

• Assumption
• Arrogance
• boldness
• impudence
• self-confidence
• selfreliance
• effrontery
• presumption
• conviction
• certainty
• self-assertion
• Fact
• Truth
• deed
• occurrence
• circumstance
• event
• reality
• Notoriety
• Publicity
• vogue
• repute
• celebrity
• knowledge certainty
• Security
• Pledge
• guarantee
• warranty
• protection
• safeguard
• pawn
• deposit
• bond
• defence
• guard
• shelter
• safety
• ease
• assurance
• carelessness
• confidence

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CERTAINTY)

• Redeem
• Expose
• surrender
• betray
• imperil
• endanger

Related words: (words related to CERTAINTY)

• CONFIDENCE
  1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
• DEPOSITOR
  One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.
• GUARDIAN
  One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
• GUARDIANSHIP
  The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• SAFETY BICYCLE
  A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear.
• EVENT
  1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• GUARDIANESS
  A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• TRUTHY
  Truthful; likely; probable. "A more truthy import." W. G. Palgrave.
• GUARDIANLESS
  Without a guardian. Marston.
• GUARDER
  One who guards.
• REDEEM
  Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem
• GUARDANT
  See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
• CONVICTION
  A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone. 3. The act of convincing of
• PLEDGERY
  A pledging; suretyship.
• EVENTILATION
  The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely.
• PLEDGE
  The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment;
• VOGUE
  vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. OHG. wag to move, akin to E. 1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue. One vogue,
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• INTERPLEDGE
  To pledge mutually.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• COUNTERGUARD
  A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
• UNREDEEMED
  Not redeemed.
• CORPOREALITY
  The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.