certain

Speech parts

1. certain - Noun

2. certain - Adjective

3. certain - Pronoun

5. certain - Adjective Satellite

6. Certain - Proper noun

7. certain - Determiner

Meaning

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.

Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.

Certainty.

A certain number or quantity.

Certainly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sure indubitable fixed undeniable unquestionable particular specific positive assured confident unavoidable indisputable unequivocal incontrovertible definite
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Antonyms

uncertain ambiguous contingent indefinite questionable doubtful
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Phrases with the word

for certain of a certain age to a certain degree nothing is certain except death and taxes dead certain one thing is certain

Anagrams

creatin cretian ceratin cantier anticer Catrine citrean crinate nacrite Rectina tacrine tercian Tercina

Examples

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions. Bias of Priene

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake. Quintilian

Only a certain amount of flowers and jewels are beautiful. Tibetan Proverb

Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Darkovan Proverb

Nothing is certain but the unforeseen. Darkovan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cert cert pool Certa certain agent certain amount of certain angle