SURETY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

surety

noun

ˈshu̇r(-ə)-tē

Definition of surety

as in contract

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason

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as in sponsor

a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back

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as in assurance

a state of mind in which one is free from doubt I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety

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Recent Examples of surety At the same time, sureties often view access to credit as an important indicator of financial strength when evaluating bonding capacity. — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Part of that was down to Nosková, who hit her forehand with a surety which was the polar opposite of Muchová, who had nine forehand errors in the first set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Tragicomedy is an assault on surety. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026 Bond has been set at $6,000 cash with an additional $10,000 surety. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for surety

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Noun

Fresh off a max contract extension, Reaves has had a quiet yet ruthlessly efficient start to the year in Doncic’s shadow.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Chicago parking garage workers have ratified a new contract one day after reaching a tentative deal that ended a four-day strike.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of contract

Noun

Their communications also had to carry a conspicuous label naming their foreign sponsor.

— Tal Feldman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2026
Event co-sponsor LRS Waste Management Services is presenting the touch-a-truck display and a self-driving electric vehicle showcase, which will include test drives.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of sponsor

Noun

Kempczinski’s assurance that the company had started to turn things around in the last month of the quarter helped revive a stock that had fallen a jarring 32% between February and October.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Everyone’s inner monologue is narrated by no less than author Zadie Smith, whose voice-over’s cool assurance forms a productive contrast with the characters’ anxious scrambling.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of assurance

Noun

These products are more complex than basic term insurance, though, so buyers should carefully review policy illustrations, guarantees, fees and potential cash value performance before purchasing.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
But there’s no guarantee that individual vibe-coders using Claude would be so careful with their efforts, even with Anthropic guardrails against IP theft in place.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of guarantee

Noun

Randall had allegedly been involved in a verbal altercation with 18-year-old patron Kim Kha Huynh shortly before the shooting.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Alongside Peter, Monahan began to rethink the modeling of his sculpture, with artist and patron determining the distance and grade of the slope by walking away from each other.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of patron

Noun

Cancer June 21 – July 22 Someone’s certainty could be making your own question harder to hear.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
Shafer, of California Council for Affordable Housing, said shot clocks would offer some certainty that the state’s current development process lacks.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

Serving as the guarantor of a cease-fire comes with real costs and risks for the Gulf, but its countries have good reason to accept them.

— ALLISON MINOR, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026
And, not least, those who regard Netanyahu as the indispensable guarantor of Jewish security and those who see him as the principal threat to the country’s democratic character and reputation abroad.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of guarantor

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