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certainty

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Synonyms and Antonyms of certainty

1 a state of mind in which one is free from doubt

I have full certainty that I'll pass the test

Synonyms of certainty

assurance, assuredness, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, conviction, doubtlessness, face, positiveness, satisfaction, sureness, surety

Words Related to certainty

authoritarianism, dogmatism

decisiveness, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve

Near Antonyms of certainty

hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, misgiving

distrust, mistrust, suspicion

Antonyms of certainty

doubt, incertitude, nonconfidence, uncertainty

2 the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade

the proverbial certainty of death and taxes

Synonyms of certainty

ineluctability, inevitability, inevitableness

Words Related to certainty

likelihood, probability

inexorability, inexorableness, relentlessness

Near Antonyms of certainty

improbability, unlikelihood, unlikeliness

doubtfulness, dubiousness

Antonyms of certainty

Synonym Discussion of certainty

certainty, certitude, conviction mean a state of being free from doubt. certainty and certitude are very close; certainty may stress the existence of objective proof

- claims that cannot be confirmed with scientific certainty

, while certitude may emphasize a faith in something not needing or not capable of proof.

- believes with certitude in an afterlife

conviction applies especially to belief strongly held by an individual.

- holds firm convictions on every issue

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