Antonyms for assure
əˈʃʊər, əˈʃɜras·sure

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. assure

   Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Synonyms:
   confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. assure

   Antonyms:
   misinform, misadvise, mislead, deceive, discomfit, disconceit, deter, discourage, warn, dissuade, unsettle, intimidate

   Synonyms:
   advise, advertise, promise, inform, rally, console, encourage, countenance, aid, support, convince, uphold, certify

Matched Categories

1. • Affirm
   • Calm
   • Declare
   • Persuade
   • Verify

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secureverb

   make certain of

   "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, reassure, ascertain, batten, control, plug, stop up, warrant, batten down, guarantee, underwrite, fix, cover, promise, fasten, check, see to it, undertake, procure, insure, tell, vouch, secure, see

2. assure, tellverb

   inform positively and with certainty and confidence

   "I tell you that man is a crook!"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, ensure, reassure, state, say, severalize, recount, control, narrate, promise, enjoin, check, guarantee, secern, differentiate, severalise, separate, recite, ascertain, secernate, see to it, distinguish, insure, tell, order, evidence, secure, see

3. assureverb

   assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence

   "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

   Synonyms:
   see, ascertain, see to it, promise, check, guarantee, ensure, insure, control, tell, secure, reassure

4. see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assureverb

   be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

   "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

   Synonyms:
   guarantee, ensure, project, interpret, verify, look, experience, tick off, visualise, fit, gibe, image, hold, run across, moderate, learn, checker, condition, mark off, run into, discover, escort, stop, examine, pick up, visit, reckon, consider, tally, come across, get a line, hold in, suss out, get wind, check off, check over, take care, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, command, insure, attend, promise, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, underwrite, meet, go out, witness, manipulate, fancy, catch, construe, find out, see, discipline, tell, check into, regard, visualize, picture, find, go through, take in, correspond, curb, secure, view, keep in line, arrest, hear, cover, contain, operate, get word, envision, determine, figure, encounter, retard, crack, turn back, reassure, chequer, watch, see to it, break, understand, check out, master, go steady, tick, realise, jibe, agree, delay

5. reassure, assureverb

   cause to feel sure; give reassurance to

   "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

   Synonyms:
   see, ascertain, see to it, promise, check, guarantee, ensure, insure, control, tell, secure, reassure

6. promise, assureverb

   make a promise or commitment

   Synonyms:
   predict, reassure, ascertain, control, promise, forebode, guarantee, call, prognosticate, anticipate, check, see to it, foretell, insure, tell, ensure, secure, see

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASSURE

   Synonyms:
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How to use assure in a sentence?

1. Ed Mooney:

   They think that this is going to be used as a wedge to break this strike. I assure you it will not.

2. Alex Soosay:

   Australia has successfully hosted many prestigious events in the past but the recent developments cannot be taken lightly, i would like to assure the teams, fans and the media that ALOC will do whatever necessary to provide the best security cover around the competition and everyone will enjoy the best-ever AFC Asian Cup.

3. John Martin Fischer:

   The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses.

4. Fran Lebowitz:

   Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

5. Hubert Humphrey:

   The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

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