assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness &c adj.;
infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness,
unquestionableness†.
gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res
judicata [Lat.], ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist,
dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist†, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit
[Lat.].
fact; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli [Fr.].
V. be certain &c adj.; stand to reason.
render certain &c adj.; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure;
determine, decide, set at rest, make assurance double sure [Macbeth];
know &c (believe) 484.
dogmatize, lay down the law.
Adj. certain, sure, assured &c v.; solid, well-founded.
unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear,
unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained.
inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless†; ineluctable.
unerring, infallible; unchangeable &c 150; to be depended on,
trustworthy, reliable, bound.
unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable,
incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable &c (proven)
478; conclusive, without power of appeal.
indubious†; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or
shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear
as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted,
uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless†, doubtless.
authoritative, authentic, official.
sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun.
evident, self-evident, axiomatic; clear, clear as day, clear as
the sun at noonday.
Adv. certainly &c adj.; for certain, certes [Lat.], sure, no doubt,
doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto [Lat.], sure enough, to be
sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty; in
truth &c (truly) 494; at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute
que coute [Fr.], coute qu'il coute [Fr.]; whatever may happen, if the
worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what
will; sink or swim; rain or shine.
Phr. cela va sans dire [Fr.]; there is no question, no question, not a
shadow of doubt, there is not a shadow of doubt; the die is cast &c
(necessity) 601; facts are stubborn things [Smollett].