- assured - marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand"
Antonym: unconfident (indirect, via confident)
- assured - characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"
Antonyms: insecure, unsafe (indirect, via secure)
- guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure - make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- assure, tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
--2 is one way to affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- assure - assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
--3 is one way to persuade
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun assurance3
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
--4 is one way to verify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- reassure, assure - cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"
--5 is one way to calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
Sample sentence:
The good news will assure her
- promise, assure - make a promise or commitment
--6 is one way to declare
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun assurance2
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE