assurance | Definition of assurance

Synonyms and Antonyms of assurance

1 a state of mind in which one is free from doubt

I can state with complete assurance that no harm will ever come to you

Synonyms of assurance

assuredness, certainty, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, conviction, doubtlessness, face, positiveness, satisfaction, sureness, surety

Words Related to assurance

authoritarianism, dogmatism

decisiveness, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve

Near Antonyms of assurance

hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, misgiving

distrust, mistrust, suspicion

Antonyms of assurance

doubt, incertitude, nonconfidence, uncertainty

2 great faith in oneself or one's abilities

her assurance was evident in the way she carried herself onto the playing field

Synonyms of assurance

aplomb, confidence, self-assurance, self-assuredness, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-trust

Words Related to assurance

cockiness, complacence, complacency, conceit, conceitedness, ego, egoism, egotism, hubris, overconfidence, pomposity, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-applause, self-assumption, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-consequence, self-content, self-contentment, self-glorification, self-importance, self-opinion, self-partiality, self-satisfaction, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vanity

calmness, composure, coolness, equanimity

self-poise, self-possession

assumption, bumptiousness, haughtiness, hauteur, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, peremptoriness, presumptuousness, pretentiousness, superciliousness, superiority, toploftiness

Near Antonyms of assurance

apprehension, doubt, misgiving

Antonyms of assurance

diffidence, insecurity, self-distrust, self-doubt