Nearby Words
convinced
| Main Entry: |
convinced
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | converted |
| Synonyms: | indoctrinated, persuaded, talked into something |
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confident |
| Synonyms: | assertive, assured, believing, calm, cocksure, convinced, positive, questionless, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-confident, sure, unconcerned, undisturbed, undoubtful, undoubting, unperturbed, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, doubting, hesitant, uncertain, unconfident, unsure |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | absolute, confirmed, convinced, decided, definite, positive, resolved, satisfied, sure |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unclear, unintelligible |
| Main Entry: | confident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, assured |
| Synonyms: | bet on, bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, counting on, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, having faith in, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, puffed up, pushy, racked, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity, valiant |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | definite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, certain, positive |
| Synonyms: | assigned, assured, beyond doubt, circumscribed, convinced, decided, defined, determinate, determined, established, guaranteed, limited, narrow, precise, prescribed, restricted, set, settled, sure |
| Notes: | definite means 'precise and unmistakable,' 'clear, sharply delineated'; definitive means 'final and conclusive,' 'complete, final, ultimate' - so a definitive example is a perfect example |
| Antonyms: | indeterminate, inexact, uncertain, unfixed, unlimited, vague |
| Main Entry: | die-hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
| Synonyms: | Philistine, Tory, conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, firm, fogyish, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
| Antonyms: | compromising, conceding, flexible |
| Main Entry: | obstinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn, determined |
| Synonyms: | adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dead set on, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, amenable, cooperative, flexible, helpful, submissive, willing, yielding |
| Main Entry: | positive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, certain |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, affirmative, assured, categorical, clear, clear-cut, cocksure, cold*, complete, conclusive, concrete, confident, consummate, convinced, decided, decisive, direct, downright, explicit, express, factual, firm, forceful, forcible, genuine, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, out-and-out, outright, perfect, rank, real, specific, sure, thorough, thoroughgoing, unambiguous, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable, unmitigated |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, indefinite, negative, uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, definite |
| Synonyms: | abiding, assured, changeless, clear, confident, constant, convinced, convincing, decided, doubtless, enduring, firm, fixed, for a fact, free from doubt, genuine, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, never-failing, persuaded, positive, real, satisfied, set, steadfast, steady, telling, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeniable, unequivocal, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioning, unshakable, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering, valid |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, indefinite, uncertain, unsure, variable, wavering |
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