Today's word is:
I often find it interesting how one word can have so many nuances of meaning. Take certain, for example. It can be used in the sense of being anonymous as in, "A certain person told me it's your birthday today." Or in the sense of surety as in, "For certain the sun will rise tomorrow." It's certain, some of us may use this word too much so...
...depending on how you use it, this list may come in handy for finding another way to say the same thing.
absolute/absolutely, accepted, accomplished, acknowledged, anonymous, as a matter of course, ascertained, assertive,
assured, authentic, avoidless
believing beyond all doubt/question, bound
calm, can’t miss, categorical, certitude, clear, clear as a
bell, clear as day, clinch, cocksure, conclusive, confident, confirmed, constant,
convinced
deadly, dead sure, decided, decisive, definite, dependable, definite,
destined, determinate/determined, dismiss all doubt, doomed, doubtless
effective, ensure, established, evident, exact, explicit,
express
fact, fail-safe, fated, final, find out once and for all, firm,
fixed, flat, foolproof, for a certainty, foreordained, frozen,
given, good, goof-proof, guaranteed
hard, hard-and-fast
idiot-proof, implicit, inarguable, incontestable,
incontrovertible, indisputable, individual, indubitable, ineluctable, ineluctable, ineludible,
inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, inexpugnable,
infallible, in no doubt, in the bag, in truth, irrefutable, it’s gospel, it’s scripture
known
lay down the law, likely
matter of fact
named, necessary, no doubt, no mistake, nonadjustable, noncancelable,
nonnegotiable, not in doubt,
obvious, of course, official, one
particular, persuaded, past dispute, plain, positive, possible,
precise, predestined, predetermined, preordained, probable
questionless
recognized, relentless, reliable, resolute, responsible,
safe, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-confident,
self-evident, set, set to rest, settled,
solid, some, special, specific, stable, stated, staunch, steady, stipulated, sure/sureness/surety,
sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as shooting, sure enough, sure
fire, sure thing,
tried and tested, to be sure, tried and true, true, trustworthy,
trusty
unanswerable, unarguable, unavoidable unchangeable/unchanging,
unchallengeable, unconcerned, uncontestable, uncontrovertible, undefeasible, undeniable,
undisputable/undisputed, undisturbed, undoubted/undoubtful/undoubting, unequivocal,
unerring, unfailing, unfaltering, unhesitating, unidentified, uniform, unimpeachable,
unmistakable, unnamed, unperturbed, unremitting, unspecified, unstoppable, unquestioned/unquestionable,
untroubled, unwavering
valid, very likely
well-founded, without a shadow of doubt/question, without
fail, without power of appeal
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