certain

certain is a 7-letter English word with 17 senses as adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.
2. adjective. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
3. adjective. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
4. adjective. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
5. adjective. Unfailing; infallible.
6. adjective. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
7. adjective. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
8. noun. Certainty.
9. noun. A certain number or quantity.
10. adverb. Certainly.
11. adjective. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

    "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"

    "be sure to lock the doors"

    Synonyms: sure

12. adjective. established beyond doubt or question; definitely known

    "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"

    "it is certain that they were on the bus"

13. adjective. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

    "felt certain of success"

    "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"

    Synonyms: sure

14. adjective. certain to occur; destined or inevitable- Benjamin Franklin

    "he was certain to fail"

    "his fate is certain"

    Synonyms: sure

15. adjective. definite but not specified or identified

    "set aside a certain sum each week"

    "to a certain degree"

16. adjective. reliable in operation or effect

    "a quick and certain remedy"

    "a sure way to distinguish the two"

    Synonyms: sure

17. adjective. established irrevocably

    "his fate is sealed"

    Synonyms: sealed

Synonyms

sure, sealed

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in certain:

centiar, ceratin, citrean, creatin, crinate, nacrite, nectria, tacrine

Common word forms

certainer, certainly, certainest, certainness

Words from these letters

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