Thesaurus
certain
Synonyms and Antonyms of certain
- a certain person told me that today is your birthday
- I'm certain that they'll arrive on time
- a certain percentage of the profits will go to charity
determinate, final, firm, fixed, flat, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, inexpugnable, set, settled, stable
- as he got older, the athlete began to feel the certain effects of the aging process on his body
in the bag, in the cards (also on the cards)
- chicken soup is grandma's certain cure for pretty much whatever ails you
- up to this point there's been no certain evidence that a crime has been committed
controversial, debated, disputed
doubtful, dubious, iffy, inconclusive, indecisive, uncertain
academic (also academical), hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic)
Synonym Discussion of certain
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- felt sure that I had forgotten something
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- police are certain about the cause of the fire
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- I'm positive that's the person I saw
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- you're always so cocksure about everything
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