Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section III. Materials for Reasoning

474. Certainty.

   NOUN:CERTAINTY; necessity [See Necessity]; certitude, sureness, surety, assurance; dead -, moral- certainty; infallibleness &c. adj.; infallibility, reliability, reliableness; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness.
  gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res adjudicata, [L.], res judicata [L.]; ultimatum.
  FACT; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli [F.].
  BIGOTRY, positiveness, dogmatism, dogmatization; fanaticism.
  DOGMATIST, dogmatizer, doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle; dogmatic theorist; zealot, fanatic; ipse dixit [L.].
   VERB:BE CERTAIN &c. adj.; stand to reason.
  RENDER CERTAIN &c. adj.; insure or ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, find out once for all, decide, set at rest, “make assurance double sure” [Macbeth]; know (believe) [See Belief]; dismiss all doubt, admit of no doubt.
  DOGMATIZE, lay down the law.
   ADJECTIVE:CERTAIN, sure; assured &c. v.; solid, well-founded.
  UNQUALIFIED, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained.
  INEVITABLE, unavoidable, avoidless; ineluctable.
  CONCLUSIVE, unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indefeasible, indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable (proven) [See Demonstration]; without power of appeal, inappealable, final.
  INDUBIOUS; without -, beyond a -, without a shade or shadow of- -doubt, – question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all -question, – dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless, doubtless.
  AUTHORITATIVE, authentic, official, governmental, curule.
  sure as -fate, – death and taxes, – a gun [colloq.].
  EVIDENT, self-evident, axiomatic; clear, – as day, – as the sun at noonday; apparent (manifest) [See Manifestation].
  INFALLIBLE, unerring; unchangeable [See Stability]; to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound.
  DOGMATIC, opinionative, opinionated, dictatorial, doctrinaire; fanatical, bigoted.
   ADVERB:CERTAINLY &c. adj.; for certain, certes [archaic], sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake [colloq.], flagrante delicto [L.]; sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, à coup sur [F.], sans doute [F.], questionless [rare], for a certainty, of a certainty, to a certainty; in truth (truly) [See Truth]; at any rate, at all events; without fail; coûte que coûte [F.], coûte qu’il coûte [F.]; whatever may happen, if the worse come to the worst; come what may, come what will, happen what may, happen what will; sink or swim; rain or shine, live or die.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Cela va sans dire.
2. There is -no question, – not a shadow of doubt.
3. The die is cast (necessity) [See Necessity].
4. Facts are stubborn things.—Smollett