Synonyms of reassure

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verb (1)

ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r 

as in to assure

to ease the grief or distress of

tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assure
• comfort
• soothe
• cheer
• console
• uplift
• sympathize
• solace
• relieve
• allay
• alleviate
• empathize
• lift
• calm
• assuage
• commiserate
• elevate
• condole
• relax
• buoy (up)
• boost
• quiet
• tranquilize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distress
• discourage
• worry
• trouble
• upset
• torment
• torture
• demoralize
• intensify
• aggravate
• annoy
• worsen
• irritate
• fret
• dishearten
• harass
• irk
• pester

reassuring

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adjective

as in comforting

Related Words

• comforting
• soothing
• encouraging
• hopeful
• optimistic
• promising
• heartening
• upbeat
• likely
• positive
• sure
• confident
• rosy
• assured
• cheering
• propitious
• doubtless
• auspicious
• decisive
• golden
• fair
• bright
• unhesitating
• roseate
• bullish
• rose-colored
• favorable
• good
• beamish
• eupeptic

Dissimilar Words

• unlikely
• discouraging
• desperate
• dark
• depressing
• pessimistic
• bleak
• hopeless
• gloomy
• dismal
• disheartening
• unpromising
• uncertain
• dreary
• inauspicious
• doubtful
• negative
• dubious
• cheerless
• downbeat
• comfortless
• unencouraging
• unpropitious
• grim
• unfavorable
• gray
• bearish
• miserable
• glum
• wretched
• funereal

reassuring

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verb (2)

present participle of reassure

as in assuring

to ease the grief or distress of

tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforting
• assuring
• soothing
• consoling
• cheering
• uplifting
• solacing
• relieving
• sympathizing
• lifting
• alleviating
• calming
• commiserating
• allaying
• empathizing
• elevating
• relaxing
• condoling
• quieting
• boosting
• assuaging
• buoying (up)
• tranquilizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distressing
• troubling
• worrying
• discouraging
• tormenting
• torturing
• upsetting
• disheartening
• demoralizing
• aggravating
• intensifying
• worsening
• fretting
• irritating
• annoying
• harassing
• pestering
• irking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reassure

Verb

Furthermore, Chanin reassures parents that college campuses are built around student needs. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 July 2026

As first responders worked to get Donald Bellos into the ambulance, his mother could be seen on the body camera footage by his side, reassuring him. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

Adjective

His work tells the Revolutionary story through thousands of Americans debating the merits of political change, weighing the risks of armed resistance, and reassuring friends and neighbors that they were engaged in a worthy cause. — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

When the world seems out of control, sometimes there’s nothing more reassuring than going out into the backyard and simply looking up. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Verb

Kelly Ripa is, IMO, evidence that L'Oréal Paris’s Revitalift Triple Power Age-Defying Serum works, but the hundreds of five-star ratings are reassuring, too. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 24 June 2026

De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics. — CBS News, 22 June 2026