Word Meanings - SURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

F. sûr, L. securus; se aside, without + cura care. See Secure, and 1. Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them

Additional info about word: SURE

F. sûr, L. securus; se aside, without + cura care. See Secure, and 1. Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Rom. ii. 2. I'm sure care 's an enemy of life. Shak. 2. Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health. 3. Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring. "His sure word." Keble. The Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord. 1 Sam. xxv. 28. The testimony of the Lord is sure. Ps. xix. 7. Which put in good sure leather sacks. Chapman. 4. Betrothed; engaged to marry. The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God. Sir T. More. I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife. Brome. 5. Free from danger; safe; secure. Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that we are sure enough. Shak. -- To be sure, or Be sure, certainly; without doubt; as, Shall you do To be sure I shall. -- To make sure. To make certain; to secure so that there can be no failure of the purpose or object. "Make Cato sure." Addison. "A peace can not fail, provided we make sure of Spain." Sir W. Temple. To betroth. She that's made sure to him she loves not well. Cotgrave. Syn. -- Certain; unfailing; infallible; safe; firm; permanent; steady; stable; strong; secure; indisputable; confident; positive.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SURE)

• Authoritative
• Decisive
• sure
• conclusive
• authentic
• powerful
• firm
• potent
• dictatorial
• imperious
• arbitrary
• arrogant
• imperative
• dogmatic
• commanding
• Certain
• true
• fixed
• regular
• established
• incontrovertible
• undoubtful
• indubitable
• infallible
• unmistakable
• unfailing
• real
• actual
• undeniable
• positive
• convinced
• assured
• Safe
• Secure
• unendangered
• secured
• protected
• impregnable
• trustworthy
• certain
• easy
• sheltered
• fast
• confident
• unanxious
• careless
• ensured

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SURE)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to SURE)

• CONCLUSIVELY
  In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• DOGMATIC
  One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
• CONVINCIBLE
  1. Capable of being convinced or won over. 2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. Sir T. Browne.
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• AUTHENTICITY
  1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. 2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. Note: In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity,
• CONCLUSIVENESS
  The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
• SECURIFORM
  Having the form of an ax hatchet.
• CARELESSLY
  In a careless manner.
• ACTUALIZE
  To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• ENSURER
  See INSURER
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• PROTECT
  To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• CONFIDENT
  See DRYDEN
• ASSURGENT
  Ascending;
• DECISIVE
  1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay. "Decisive proof." Hallam. 2. Marked
• INCOMMENSURABLE
  Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other;
• COMMENSURABILITY
  The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• EQUIPOTENTIAL
  Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• OMNIPOTENT
  1. Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent. God's will and pleasure and his omnipotent power. Sir T. More. 2. Having unlimited power
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.