for sure

prepositional phrase

Definitely, positively, without a doubt.

“I would buy one of those for sure.”

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for certainfo shizzleunquestionablesurelycertainlysuresure enoughsure as shooting
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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative forsure · alternative fershur · alternative fasho · alternative fo sho · alternative fo' sho' · alternative fosho · alternative fs

  1. Definitely, positively, without a doubt.

    I would buy one of those for sure.

    2 more examples

    Did you enjoy the concert? —For sure.

    Yet strictly we should all be teapot agnostics: we cannot prove, for sure, that there is no celestial teapot.

    2006 September 18, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 52

    Synonyms: for certain, fo shizzle

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseDefinitely, positively, without a doubt.

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for certainfo shizzle

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot open to doubt

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unquestionable

adverbdefinitely or positively (‘sure’ is sometimes used informally for ‘surely’)

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surelycertainlysurefor certainsure enoughsure as shooting
Also see
certainlycorrectlydefinitelyexactlyfor certainplunkpositivelypreciselysuresure as shootingsure enoughsurelyunquestionablewithout a doubt

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan amb tota seguretat, del cert
  • amb tota seguretatdefinitely
  • del certdefinitely
Chinese Mandarin 肯定地
  • 肯定地definitely
Dutch zeker, zeker weten
  • zekerdefinitely
  • zeker wetendefinitely
Finnish varmasti, taatusti
  • varmastidefinitely
  • taatustidefinitely
French pour sûr, assurément
  • pour sûrdefinitely
  • assurémentdefinitely
  • sans aucun doutedefinitely
German sicher, fürwahr
  • sicherdefinitely
  • fürwahrdefinitely
Icelandic alveg ábyggilega
  • alveg ábyggilegadefinitely
Japanese 違いない
  • 違いない (chigainai)definitely
Latin prō certō
  • prō certōdefinitely
Polish na pewno
  • na pewnodefinitely
Portuguese com certeza
  • com certezadefinitely
Russian несомне́нно
  • несомне́нно (nesomnénno)definitely
Spanish por/de seguro, con seguridad
  • por/de segurodefinitely
  • con seguridaddefinitely
  • a huevodefinitely
Swedish helt säkert
  • helt säkertdefinitely
Vietnamese chắc chắn
  • chắc chắndefinitely
Welsh i sicrwydd, yn bendant
  • i sicrwydddefinitely
  • yn bendantdefinitely
Cite this entry
APA

for sure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20sure

MLA

“for sure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20sure. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for sure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20sure.

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