certainty
[noun]
Synonyms:
- sureness, assurance, confidence, conviction, faith, positiveness, trust, validity
- fact, reality, sure thing (informal), truth

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Antonyms: uncertainty
Contrasted words: doubt, mistrust, skepticism, unsureness, fluctuation, irresolution, shifting, trimming, vacillation, wavering, obscurity, vagueness
Related Words: belief, credence, faith, absoluteness, definiteness, dogmatism, positiveness, positivism, firmness, staunchness, steadiness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cer‧tain‧ty /ˈsɜːtnti $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun (plural certainties)
[Word Family: noun: certainty ≠ uncertainty; adverb: certainly ≠ uncertainly; adjective: certain ≠ uncertain]

1. [uncountable] the state of being completely certain
with certainty
She knew with absolute certainty that he’d say no.
The result is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty.

2. [uncountable] the fact that something is certain to happen
certainty of (doing) something
the certainty of being caught
certainty that
There’s no certainty that he’ll remember.

3. [countable] something that is definitely true or that will definitely happen:
He usually does quite well, but it’s not a certainty.
The only certainty is that there will need to be major changes.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

certainty
noun
ADJ. absolute, complete | reasonable, virtual It's a virtual certainty that petrol will go up in price.
QUANT. degree It's difficult to predict with any degree of certainty how much it will cost.
PREP. with ~ I couldn't say with absolute certainty that he's here.
PHRASES a lack of certainty There seems to be a lack of certainty over what we should do.
the one/only certainty The one certainty left in a changing world is death.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲