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  • as ininevitable
  • as inunmistakable
  • as inunquestionable
  • as inexactly
  • as infor sure
  • as insurely

synonyms for for certain

  • imminent
  • impending
  • inescapable
  • inexorable
  • irresistible
  • necessary
  • unavoidable
  • undeniable
  • binding
  • doomed
  • pat
  • all locked up
  • assured
  • compulsory
  • decided
  • decreed
  • destined
  • determined
  • fated
  • fateful
  • fixed
  • foreordained
  • in the bag
  • ineluctable
  • ineludible
  • inflexible
  • irrevocable
  • no ifs ands or buts
  • obligatory
  • ordained
  • prescribed
  • settled
  • sure
  • unalterable
  • unpreventable
  • without recourse

antonyms for for certain

MOST RELEVANT
  • avoidable
  • distant
  • escapable
  • later
  • doubtful
  • fortuitous
  • preventable
  • uncertain
  • unlikely
  • unsure
  • ambiguous
  • disputable
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • equivocal
  • hidden
  • indefinite
  • indistinct
  • obscure
  • questionable
  • secret
  • uncertain
  • unclear
  • unknown
  • unsure
  • vague
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    How to use for certain in a sentence

    On certain of the stems the fertile cone appears and the spores are ripened about June, after which the process withers.
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    The possibilities of certain branches of teaching have been altogether revolutionized by the cinematograph.
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    M'Bongo and his whole court are now clothed, I am happy to say, at least to a certain extent.
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    After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
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    He has secured the release of certain Spanish prisoners, and is building two ships.
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    For instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.
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    The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
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    One thing was certain: Grandfather Mole could travel much faster through the water than he could underground.
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    I asked him to tell me how he produced a certain effect he makes in his arrangement of the ballad in Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
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    But before he could even sow that year's crop, he would have to see a certain banker who lived in Nebraska.
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