certain
Meaning of certain
adjective
- able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case.
it's certain that more changes are in the offing
she looks certain to win an Oscar
- specific but not explicitly named or stated.
he raised certain personal problems with me
the exercise was causing him a certain amount of pain
- some but not all.
certain of his works have been edited
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin certus ‘settled, sure’.
Information about certain
Hyphenation of certain
cer-tain
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- certain is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
certain synonyms
Meaning sure:
Meaning sealed:
Meaning not able to be disputed or doubted:
Meaning clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful:
Meaning leaving no doubt; unambiguous:
Meaning impossible to doubt; unquestionable:
Meaning unable to be denied or disputed:
Meaning impossible to deny or disprove:
Meaning unable to be challenged or denied:
Meaning not able to be denied or disputed:
Meaning not able to be disputed:
Meaning easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent:
Meaning easily recognizable; obvious:
Meaning clear or obvious to the eye or mind:
Meaning clearly seen or understood; obvious:
Meaning not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character:
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Meaning (of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen:
Meaning (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible:
Meaning not able to be mistaken for anything else; very distinctive:
Meaning (of evidence or argument) having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive:
Meaning identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again:
Meaning (of a person) firmly established in a particular habit, belief, or way of life and unlikely to change their ways:
Meaning generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct:
Meaning recognized as being good or important:
Meaning not disputed or called in question; accepted:
Meaning not questioned or doubted by anyone:
Meaning not disputed or doubted; certain:
Meaning not disputed or questioned:
Meaning not contested:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning preordained:
Meaning (of an outcome or course of events) determined in advance by divine will or fate:
Meaning be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way:
Meaning regarded as reliable or truthful:
Meaning certain to happen; unavoidable:
Meaning protected against discontinuance or change:
Meaning consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted:
Meaning not able to be avoided, prevented, or ignored; inevitable:
Meaning unable to be avoided or denied:
Meaning (especially of a legal sanction) given or imposed as a necessary and inevitable result of a fixed rule or particular set of circumstances:
Meaning not able to be prevented or avoided:
Meaning impossible to stop or prevent:
Meaning unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable:
Meaning able to be predicted:
Meaning determined, existing, or happening by natural laws or predestination; inevitable:
Meaning trustworthy and reliable:
Meaning able to be relied on as honest or truthful:
Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:
Meaning incapable of going wrong or being misused:
Meaning take measures to check the quality, performance, or reliability of (something), especially before putting it into widespread use or practice:
Meaning successful in producing a desired or intended result:
Meaning (of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective:
Meaning for which a guarantee is provided; formally assured:
Meaning without error or fault:
Meaning never failing; always effective:
Meaning always right or accurate:
Meaning possessing supreme or ultimate power:
Meaning having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it:
Meaning fastened securely in position:
Meaning having existed or done something for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted:
Meaning marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail:
Meaning having a definite outline or specification; precisely marked or stated:
Meaning not approximated in any way; precise:
Meaning stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt:
Meaning convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct:
Meaning used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class:
Meaning clearly defined or identified:
Meaning single; separate:
Meaning belonging specifically to a particular person or place:
Meaning better or greater than usual; special:
certain antonyms
Meaning (of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility:
Meaning feeling uncertain about something:
Meaning able to be done or achieved:
Meaning not likely to happen, be done, or be true; improbable:
Meaning not able to be relied upon:
Meaning not clear or defined:
Meaning having no name or no known name:
Meaning not different or differentiated:
Meaning affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread:
Translation of certain
- German: sicher, unzweifelhaft, gewiss, zweifellos, bestimmt
- French: certain
- Italian: certo, sicuro
- Portuguese: certo, seguro
- Spanish: seguro, cierta, segura, cierto, positivo, positiva
Anagrams of certain
cantier, centiar, ceratin, citrean, crinate, incerta, increta, nacrite, Nectria, tacrine
Words that rhyme with certain
tain, Patain, copatain, obtain, preobtain, reobtain, betain, detain, predetain, retain, chieftain, Britain, Maritain, britain, huitain, Mountain, catamountain, contain, fountain, intermountain, maintain, mountain, plantain, precontain, premaintain, quintain, remaintain, submountain, transmountain, undermountain, upmountain, Potain, chevrotain, infotain, Captain, Ptain, captain, cocaptain, subcaptain, undercaptain, McCurtain, appertain, ascertain, curtain, discurtain, encurtain, entertain, incertain, incurtain, noncertain
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