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sureness
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SURENESS
1
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt <unfortunately, he lacked the sureness of his opponent in the tennis match>
Synonyms assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, cocksureness, conviction, doubtlessness, face, positiveness, satisfaction, sureness, surety
Related Words authoritarianism, dogmatism; decisiveness, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
Near Antonyms hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution; disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; anxiety, concern, misgiving; distrust, mistrust, suspicion
2
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence <investors in those risky foreign enterprises were gambling on the sureness of their instincts>
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