Certainty
Nouns
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certainty
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necessity etc. Necessity
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certitude, surety, assurance
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dead certainty, moral certainty
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infallibleness etc. adj.
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infallibility, reliability
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indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness. gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal
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ultimatum positiveness
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dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer
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doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle
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positive fact, matter of fact
Verbs
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be certain etc. adj.
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stand to reason. render certain etc. adj.
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insure, ensure, assure
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clinch, make sure
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determine, decide, set at rest, make assurance double sure" [Macbeth]
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know etc. (believe) Belief. dogmatize, lay down the law.
Adjectives
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certain, sure, assured etc. v.
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solid, well-founded. unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained. inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless
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ineluctable. unerring, infallible
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unchangeable etc. Stability
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to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound. unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable
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indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable
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irrefutable etc. (proven) Demonstration
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conclusive, without power of appeal. indubious
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without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question
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past dispute
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clear as day
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beyond all question, beyond all dispute
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undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed
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questionless, doubtless. authoritative, authentic, official. sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun. evident, self-evident, axiomatic
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clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday.
Adverbs
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certainly etc. adj.
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for certain, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty
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in truth etc. (truly) [Object of knowledge.] Truth
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at any rate, at all events
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without fail
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whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst
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come what may, happen what may, come what will
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sink or swim
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rain or shine.
Phrases
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there is no question, no question, not a shadow of doubt, there is not a shadow of doubt
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the die is cast etc. (necessity) Necessity
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facts are stubborn things" [Smollett].