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promise
noun as in one's word that something will be done
Strongest matches
agreement, assurance, commitment, guarantee, obligation, pact, pledge, vow, word
Strong matches
affiance, affirmation, asseveration, avowal, betrothal, bond, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, insurance, marriage, oath, parole, pawn, plight, profession, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, warrant, warranty
Weak matches
noun as in hope, possibility
Strong matches
aptitude, capability, capacity, encouragement, flair, outlook
Weak match
verb as in give word that something will be done
Strong matches
accede, affiance, assent, bargain, betroth, bind, compact, consent, contract, covenant, engage, espouse, hock, insure, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, secure, stipulate, subscribe, swear, undertake, underwrite, vouch, warrant
Weak matches
answer for, asseverate, cross heart, live up to, say so, string along, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath
verb as in bring hope, possibility
Strong matches
augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, denote, forebode, foreshadow, foretoken, like, look, omen, portend, presage
Weak matches
give hope, hold out hope, hold probability, lead to expect, seem likely, show signs of
Example Sentences
“I love it,” Armisen promises as our Zoom conversation goes over the hour mark and I apologize for keeping him.
To loud applause from the hall, he promised that he would replace it with "a new ambition, that two-thirds of our children should go either to university or take on a gold standard apprenticeship."
Sir Keir said losing control of the economy means "working people pay the price" and promised "I will never let that happen again".
He has promised to "launch the largest deportation programme of criminals in the history" - but it is not known whether the Iranian nationals being deported have criminal records.
Elected officials promised to do everything in their power to make that happen.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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