CERTIFICATES Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of certificate

as in certifications

a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something a certificate will be awarded to each person who completes the course in lifesaving

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verb

present tense third-person singular of certificate

as in certifies

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Recent Examples of certificates

Noun

The city then could sell more certificates — but only once or twice, as each sale would claim more of the tax pool. — Stuart Loren, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026 And the fix is not simply extending certificates into the intact forests that remain, which do the most for climate and biodiversity. — Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 Participating clinics accept the department’s discount voucher and free certificates. — City News Service, Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026 Education was discouraged, and church members burned their school certificates. — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026 Dietrich also recommends looking for ServSafe (which indicates there’s a Certified Food Protection Manager on site) and other food safety certificates on the walls. — David Raynor, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026 The apps were associated with 13 different signing certificates and at least two developer accounts, identified as fivedev and CPS Developer. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Other existing Idaho laws on miscarriage management are limited, mostly focused on the disposal of a fetus’s remains and on vital statistics certificates. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026 The institute also plans to work with CUNY, which enrolls roughly 500,000 students, Simmons said, on programs such as add-on AI certificates. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificates

Noun

Citing The Times’ reports, state lawmakers passed legislation this August requiring retailers to provide consumers with safety certifications for cannabis products and permitting regulators to spot check the accuracy of cannabis testing labs.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
This means the One-All bypasses complex, costly safety barriers like airbags and crash-testing certifications that are needed for passenger cars.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of certifications

Noun

The lawmakers asked the group for a broad range of documents related to Kennedy's Samoa travel, his 2024 presidential campaign and his Senate confirmation process.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
Court documents say the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted the sheriff's office in May 2024 that a Snapchat account tied to Pettit uploaded four videos showing boys as young as 8 being abused.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of documents

Verb

The five-year license permits up to four reentries annually under an unchanged vehicle configuration and mission profile.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Robert Barham of the development group said selling the land for single-family wouldn’t offset water and sewage infrastructure costs, and the 2021 pre-annexation agreement already permits multifamily on the site.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of permits

Verb

Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.

— ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.

— Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of ratifies

Verb

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which accredits Shedd, said there were no plans to require incident reports for the belugas, as their deaths were due to preexisting medical conditions.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
From now on, the agency that accredits nearly every university in the state will be known as The Commission on Colleges and Universities.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of accredits

Verb

Each team checks its own systems, validates availability, assesses cost impact, secures approvals and manually triggers updates across downstream systems.

— Jayashree Arunkumar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
If further testing validates the approach, the Army could gain more flexibility from its existing launchers and munitions while preparing future precision fires systems for increasingly mobile battlefield threats.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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