sureness

Examples

• All

• So a few weeks later, I gave myself up to that sureness.

  Fiction book (2000)

• It's got a kind of sureness and certainty about itself.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• Her sureness suggested that her fingers had shaped such an object before, perhaps many times.

  Fiction book (1998)

• At a young age, she is a gifted artist with such sureness and confidence of approach that one is left baffled.

  Blog text (18)

• There was something admirable as well as frightening about the sureness of his gesture.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Dolly's fingers peeled with a delicate sureness.

  Fiction book (1994)

• His voice is a signature stroked with a felt tip pen; in it, you see strength and sureness, a certain flair, a spiritedness, but an appealing warmth too.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Her sureness in making decisions often inspired confidence in her team.

• He spoke with such sureness that everyone trusted his judgment.

• The dancer moved across the stage with a grace and sureness that captivated the audience.

Synonyms

C

confidence

vssureness

391 2.1

A belief that you can do something well

is less focused on abilities and covers general certainty as well

C

certainty

vssureness

• Literature

198 3.4

A strong feeling that something is true or will happen

is less absolute and allows some remaining doubt

S

self-confidence

vssureness

50 3.5

Trust in your own skills and worth

is broader and includes certainty beyond personal self-belief

A

assurance

vssureness

22 3.3

A feeling of confidence in your own abilities

is a broader quality not only a personal feeling

C

certitude

vssureness

• Formal

7 8.3

Complete confidence that something is true without enough proof

is milder and shows general confidence rather than extreme conviction

S

surety

vssureness

5 6.6

A feeling that something is true or will happen

is about personal feeling rather than an established fact

S

self-assurance

vssureness

5 3.5

Confidence in your own ability to do things and make choices

is a wider quality not limited to confidence about oneself

A

assuredness

vssureness

1 6.1

A feeling of confidence and calm in difficult situations

is the general quality of being confident rather than composed under stress

S

surefootedness

vssureness

1 6.3

A quality of being confident and steady when you make decisions or act

is more about inner assurance than steady practical performance

D

definitiveness

vssureness

1 6.2

A clear and final quality that leaves no doubt

is a personal feeling of confidence rather than a final or decisive quality

D

decidedness

vssureness

1 6.5

Being clear and firm when you choose what to do

is an internal certainty rather than outward decisiveness in action

U

unquestionability

vssureness

1 9.2

A fact or claim that people cannot doubt

is used more for absolute proof than for a simple feeling

Antonyms

D

doubt

∞ 1.6

A feeling of not being sure about something

I

insecurity

96 3.7

A feeling of not being sure about yourself or what you can do

How Certain

certainty

• Literature

198 3.4

confidence

624 1.9

sureness

1 3.6

uncertainty

255 4.0

doubt

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology