SURENESS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

sureness

noun

Definition of sureness

as in certainty

a state of mind in which one is free from doubt unfortunately, he lacked the sureness of his opponent in the tennis match

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as in reliability

worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence investors in those risky foreign enterprises were gambling on the sureness of their instincts

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Recent Examples of sureness Both of them remember a collaborator who made up for his inexperience with a calm sense of sureness. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026

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Noun

An inactive bill on human remains has been revived in the final stretch of the state Legislature’s regular session and entirely refashioned to add a level of certainty to the Midway Rising mega project.

— Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Blonde loosens the plot, leaning into the unreliability of memory and the false truths that occupy the gaps between love and certainty.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

Among the areas covered by the new measures are backups, incident response, risk management and security assurance, with later phases requiring further testing of clubs’ ability to recover from cyber incidents.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
While there were previous assurances under the Biden administration that the site would reopen once construction was complete, that does not appear to be the case now.

— Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of assurance

Noun

Each of those positions experienced a boost of confidence or a seed of concern since players reported to camp three weeks ago.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Redefining How Fashion Is Bought If the early wave of e-commerce was about access and the mobile era was about convenience, the next phase, agentic commerce, will be defined by confidence.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of confidence

Noun

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is once again seeking to overturn his state murder conviction in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

— Riley Moser, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Then there are the great unknowns that make this a question hard to answer with conviction.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of conviction

Noun

Even so, the Pilot continues to stand out for its combination of refinement, functionality and long-term ownership satisfaction.

— John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
However, Collingwood points out that the skin also provides flavor and satisfaction.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of satisfaction

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sureness

sure thing

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