Synonyms of sureness

sureness

noun

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• certainty
• assurance
• confidence
• conviction
• satisfaction
• certitude
• assuredness
• positiveness
• surety
• cocksureness
• doubtlessness
• determination
• face
• dogmatism
• resoluteness
• decisiveness
• purposefulness
• firmness
• authoritarianism
• resolution
• resolve

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertainty
• doubt
• hesitation
• hesitancy
• irresolution
• incertitude
• indecisiveness
• concern
• disbelief
• anxiety
• incredulity
• unbelief
• misgiving
• nonconfidence
• suspicion
• distrust
• mistrust

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reliability
• reliableness
• solidity
• responsibility
• dependability
• solidness
• trustworthiness
• dependableness
• credibility
• trustability
• infallibility
• inerrancy
• creditability
• creditableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unreliability
• dubiousness
• doubtfulness
• shakiness
• dodginess
• questionableness
• uncertainness

Example Sentences

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