reassuring

adjective

re·​as·​sur·​ing ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r-iŋ 

: restoring or intended to restore confidence : reducing or eliminating worry or uncertainty

reassuring news

a reassuring smile/response

"Of course you can come," said Kit, stooping to give the child a reassuring hug.

—Elizabeth George Speare

Cliffs Notes, of course, are those popular little study guides with the yellow-and-black covers emblazoned with the reassuring motto, "Your Key to the Classics."

—Glenn Collins

reassuringly

ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r-iŋ-lē 

adverb

smiled reassuringly

a reassuringly familiar feeling

Examples of reassuring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is all both intuitive and reassuring, though in the immediate days and weeks after a cut, the market has often had some indigestion. —Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025

Hearing someone from the other side say that violence is not acceptable is actually quite reassuring for a lot of people who believed before that people on the other side all love violence. —Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

After the concerns at Arsenal in their last away game, this was reassuring. —Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

Katie’s predictions are even less reassuring. —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing reassuring

• making soothing/reassuring noises

Rhymes for reassuring

• alluring
• assuring
• contouring
• enduring
• ensuring
• insuring
• manuring
• maturing
• obscuring
• procuring
• securing
• curing