Thesaurus:sure thing

Thesaurus

sure thing

English

Noun

Sense: something considered certain to occur or be true

Synonyms

• banker (British)
• cert (informal)
• certainty
• certitude
• cinch
• dead cert (informal)
• fatality
• inevitability
• racing certainty
• sure thing
•   —
• fair bet
• good bet
• safe bet
• sure bet

Antonyms

• impossibility    [⇒ thesaurus]
• possibility    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• fate    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• in the bag
• on ice
• under control
• in hand

See also

• Thesaurus:inevitable, Thesaurus:inevitably
• Thesaurus:easy thing

Further reading

• “474. certainty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sure thing” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.