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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | accede, affiance, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock, insure, live up to, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, say so, secure, stipulate, string along, subscribe, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring hope, possibility |
| Synonyms: | augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, denote, encourage, forebode, foreshadow, foretoken, give hope, hint, hold out hope, hold probability, indicate, lead to expect, like, look, omen, portend, presage, seem likely, show signs of, suggest |
| Antonyms: | discourage |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Promise. |
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-nouns
promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow; oath (affirmation); profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation; contract; stipulation., engagement, preengagement; affiance; betroth, betrothal, betrothment.
-verbs
promise; give a promise; undertake, engage; make an engagement, form an engagement; enter into an engagement, enter on an engagement; bind oneself, tie oneself, pledge oneself, commit oneself, take upon oneself; vow; swear (affirm), give one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's word, plight one's word, give one's honor, pass one's honor, pledge one's honor, plight one's honor, give credit, pass credit, pledge credit, plight credit, give troth, pass troth, pledge troth, plight troth; betroth, plight faith., assure, warrant, guarantee; covenant; attest (bear witness)., hold out an expectation; contract an obligation; become bound to, become sponsor for; answer for, be answerable for; secure; give security; underwrite., adjure, administer an oath, put to one's oath, swear a witness.
-adjectives
promising; promissory; votive; under hand and seal, upon oath., promised; affianced, pledged, bound; committed, compromised; in for it.
-adverbs
as one's head shall answer for.
-phrases
in for a penny in for a pound; ex voto; gage d'amour.
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| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
| Antonyms: | amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement to relieve doubt |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock on, lock*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, rain or shine, security, shoo-in, support, sure thing, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | distrust, doubt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict; be an omen of |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it, call the shots, crystal-ball, figure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out, read, signify, soothsay |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
| Main Entry: | augury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
| Synonyms: | auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning |
| Notes: | omen has a negative connotation, a connotation absent from the word augury; generally, augury bodes well for the future, an omen bodes ill |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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