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Promise

🔄 Synonyms of "Promise"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
assureverb	(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
callverb	(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
anticipateverb	(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
foretellverb	(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
forebodeverb	To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
predictverb	(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
hopenoun	To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
prognosticateverb	(transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Promise"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
assureverb	(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
hopenoun	To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
anticipateverb	(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
foretellverb	(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
forebodeverb	To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
prognosticateverb	(transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
predictverb	(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
callverb	(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
vownoun	A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
vowedverb	Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.
pledgenoun	To make a solemn promise (to do something).
swearverb	(ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
oathnoun	A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
committed	Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
ensureverb	(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
commitverb	(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
guaranteenoun	Anything that assures a certain outcome.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
assurancenoun	The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
reassureverb	(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.