SURENESS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

sureness

noun

Definition of sureness

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

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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

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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

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Noun

Caudle acknowledged the stress the Iran war has put on the US fleet and said the service would try to put more certainty into deployment times, but combat demands can make that difficult.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
There are plenty of clues on further cost of living support but no certainty yet on what will be announced.

— Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

Rare earth processing technologies must compete on throughput, operating costs, purity, and reliability.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Freight rates have continued their ascent amid the ongoing delays and schedule reliability concerns compounding other factors like the war in Iran, which has kept fuel costs elevated.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of reliability

Noun

Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason.

— Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of assurance

Noun

In the spring, Newcastle would have listened to offers for Yoane Wissa, whose £55m signing from Brentford had proved calamitous, yet the DR Congo forward returned from the World Cup full of confidence and has begun the campaign well.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
That confidence is reflected in the scale of One Beverly Hills.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of confidence

Noun

Family says risks remain despite convictions The court also ordered about $223,500 in compensation for Inuma’s legal heirs and about $74,500 for Tapullima, the woman wounded in the attack.

— Steven Grattan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The artifacts cited in this particular conviction include a bust of Cleopatra, items from a princess’s grave and a stone slab affiliated with Tutankhamun.

— News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of conviction

Noun

Rocket Mortgage customer service ratings Rocket Mortgage has decent customer review ratings, although the actual score and customer satisfaction rating depend on the platform.

— Dan Simms, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Sixty-seven percent say AI tools have increased their productivity, while 57% report higher job satisfaction since those tools were introduced.

— Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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sure thing

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