Be sure
Synonyms for be sure
verb understand, discern
see
identify
know
learn
discriminate
recognize
clinch
discover
perceive
comprehend
deduce
differentiate
determine
ascertain
distinguish
divine
find out
make out
know for certain
Antonyms for be sure
mix up
misunderstand
listen
estimate
guess
overlook
confuse
miss
misinterpret
figure
Synonyms
adv actually
easily
certainly
very
truly
absolutely
surely
naturally
undoubtedly
really
amen
even
much
of course
positively
strictly
sure thing
well
doubtlessly
verily
very much
undeniably
for real
in point of fact
in truth
to be sure
veritably
Antonyms
doubtfully
dubiously
questionably
indefinite
Synonyms
adv without doubt
inevitably
certainly
assuredly
plainly
absolutely
indeed
unquestionably
evidently
definitely
undoubtedly
clearly
decidedly
distinctly
indubitably
positively
conclusively
doubtlessly
inexorably
admittedly
beyond doubt
beyond shadow of doubt
come what may
explicitly
fixedly
for certain
for real
infallibly
irrefutably
manifestly
nothing else but
rain or shine
to be sure
unequivocally
unerringly
unfailingly
unmistakably
unshakably
with certainty
without fail
Antonyms
doubtfully
dubiously
indefinitely
questionably
indefinite
vaguely
uncertain
Usage Notes
Both sure and surely are used as intensifying adverbs with the sense “undoubtedly, certainly.” In this use, sure is generally informal and occurs mainly in speech and written representations of speech: She sure dazzled the audience with her acceptance speech. It was sure hot enough in the auditorium. Surely is used in this sense in all varieties of speech and writing, even the most formal: The court ruled that the law was surely meant to apply to both profit-making and nonprofit organizations. See also quick, slow.
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