Synonyms for assurance
əˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr-as·sur·ance

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. assurance

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, boldness, confidence, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

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1. assurance

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, impudence, boldness, self-confidence, selfreliance, promise, assertion, presumption, effrontery, self-assertion

   Antonyms:
   distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, surenessnoun

   freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

   "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"

   Synonyms:
   potency, pledge, sanction, dominance, authorization, trust, self-confidence, say-so, self-assurance, federal agency, agency, bureau, sureness, confidence, government agency, office, authority, authorisation

2. assurance, pledgenoun

   a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

   "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

   Synonyms:
   confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, pledge, sureness, toast

3. assurancenoun

   a statement intended to inspire confidence

   "the President's assurances were not respected"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, authority, confidence, pledge, sureness

4. assurancenoun

   a British term for some kinds of insurance

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, authority, confidence, pledge, sureness

Matched Categories

1. • Certainty
   • Commitment
   • Insurance
   • Statement

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   security, certainty, conviction, persuasion, pledge of certainty, ground of confidence

2. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   promise, engagement, word of honor

3. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   affirmation, assertion, declaration, protestation, asseveration, averment, avowal

4. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   intrepidity, courage, confidence, firmness, self-reliance

5. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   boldness, effrontery, brass, impudence, impertinence, presumption, CHEEK, face, front

6. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) insurance

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1. assurancenoun

   Synonyms:
   surety, promise, confidence, conviction, assuredness, effrontery, audacity, impudence, insurance

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "assurance":

   insurance, guarantee, assurances, reliability, 'assurance, warranty, reassurance, certainty, guarantees, control, security, certification, guaranteeing, ensuring, credibility, confidence, guaranteed

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1. Wesley Clark:

   This is the worst nightmare for the Montenegrins, they thought they were safe, they got into NATO, they rely on NATO to give them the assurance to be able to build a democracy and move their economy forward.

2. Anthony Turton:

   Water shedding will take the form of pressure reduction to manage leaks in the system and an overall loss of assurance of supply.

3. Bible, Isaiah 32:17:

   And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

4. José Ortega y Gasset:

   The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.

5. Judge Learned Hand, Address "A Fanfare for Prometheus", January 29,1955:

   Nor need we be surprised that men so often embrace almost any doctrines, if they are proclaimed with a voice of absolute assurance.