Synonyms of the word

assure

• v. (transitive) To make sure and secure.
• v. (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
• v. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
• v. To reassure.

affirm

• v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
• v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
• v. To support or encourage.
• v. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or…

ascertain

• v. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
• v. (archaic) To make (someone) certain or confident.

assert

• n. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is…
• v. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
• v. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
• v. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
• v. (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1.

aver

• n. (obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.
• v. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
• v. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
• v. (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
• n. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

avow

• v. (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess…
• v. (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
• v. (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
• n. (obsolete) avowal.

calm

• adj. (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• adj. (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
• adj. (of water) with little waves on the surface.
• adj. Without wind or storm.
• n. (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative…
• n. (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
• n. A period of time without wind.
• v. (transitive) To make calm.
• v. (intransitive) To become calm.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

declare

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
• v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
• v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
• v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
• v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
• v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
• v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
• v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

ensure

• v. (transitive) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
• v. (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

guarantee

• n. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
• n. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
• n. More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly;…
• n. The person to whom a guarantee is made.
• n. (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
• v. To give an assurance that something will be done right.
• v. To assume responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
• v. To make something certain.

insure

• v. (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract)…
• v. (intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance.
• v. (chiefly US, transitive) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.

lull

• n. A period of rest or soothing.
• n. (nautical) A period without waves or wind.
• n. (surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
• v. (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

persuade

• v. (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through…
• v. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection,…

promise

• n. (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
• n. (countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render…
• n. (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
• n. (countable, computing, programming) A placeholder object that can be manipulated in code before it has…
• n. (countable, obsolete) Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
• v. (transitive) To commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow.
• v. (intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

quiet

• adj. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
• adj. Having little motion or activity; calm.
• adj. Not busy, of low quantity.
• adj. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
• adj. Not showy; undemonstrative.
• adj. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
• v. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
• v. To cause someone to become quiet.
• n. The absence of sound; quietness.
• n. the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
• interj. Be quiet.

quieten

• v. (transitive) To make quiet.
• v. (intransitive) To become quiet.

reassure

• v. (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
• v. (transitive) To reinsure.

secure

• adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
• adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
• adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
• adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
• adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
• adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
• adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
• adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
• v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
• v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
• v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

see

• v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
• v. To form a mental picture of.
• v. (social) To meet, to visit.
• v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
• v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
• v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
• v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
• v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
• v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
• n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
• n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
• n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

still

• adj. Not moving; calm.
• adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
• adj. Uttering no sound; silent.
• adj. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time.
• adj. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
• adj. (obsolete) Constant; continual.
• adv. Without motion.
• adv. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
• adv. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
• adv. (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
• adv. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
• adv. (extensive) Even, yet.
• n. A period of calm or silence.
• n. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
• n. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
• n. A steep hill or ascent.
• n. a device for distilling liquids.
• n. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
• n. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
• n. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
• v. to calm down, to quiet.
• v. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
• v. To cause to fall by drops.
• v. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

swan

• n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus, most of which have white plumage.
• n. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
• n. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms…
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
• v. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

swear

• v. (intransitive, transitive) To take an oath.
• v. (intransitive) To use offensive language.
• n. A swear word.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Heavy.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Top-heavy; too high.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Niggardly.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
• v. (Britain dialectal) To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

tell

• v. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• v. (transitive) To narrate.
• v. (transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
• v. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
• v. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
• v. (transitive) To reveal.
• v. (intransitive) To be revealed.
• v. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
• v. (transitive) To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
• v. (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
• n. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts…
• n. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
• n. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
• n. (archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

tranquilize

• v. (transitive, now rare) To make (something or someone) tranquil; to pacify or calm.
• v. To use a drug to sedate a person or animal.
• v. (intransitive) To become tranquil; to relax.
• v. (intransitive) To calm down.

tranquillise

• v. Alternative spelling of tranquilize.

tranquillize

• v. Alternative spelling of tranquilize.

verify

• v. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
• v. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
• v. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.