Meanings
alternative no-doubt
- not comparablewithout a doubt; surely.
No doubt you’ll have heard the news by now.
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No doubt you can provide a better definition//that is, there's no doubt that you can.
It's no doubt the case that the internet enslaves us.
[…] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands.
1869, Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman, page 108The thoroughness required by your explicit instructions, together with the strong desire that these repeated canvassings should be executed in so careful a manner as to establish reliable data, has no doubt tended materially to produce the gratifying result.
1853, Documents of the City of BostonYou, no doubt, will come to your own conclusion, based on yeastiness and maybe “crumb factor” and possibly “hole-to-dough ratio.”
2009 July 19, Frank Bruni, “Foie Gras Palates, Hot Dog Pocketbooks”, in New York TimesSynonyms: without a doubt
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwithout a doubt; surely.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbadmittedly
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Origin
- Old Frenchsaunz doute
- Middle Englishne doute
- Englishno doubt
Inherited from Middle English ne doute, a calque of Old French saunz doute, itself borrowed unadapted into Middle English.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَا شَكَّ, لَا جَرَمَ
- لَا شَكَّ (lā šakka)without a doubt
- لَا جَرَمَ (lā jarama)without a doubt
- لَا مَحَالَةَ (lā maḥālata)without a doubt
Chinese Mandarin 無疑 /无疑, 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问
- 無疑 /无疑 (wúyí)without a doubt
- 毫無疑問 /毫无疑问 (háowúyíwèn)without a doubt
Czech nepochybně, bez pochyb
- nepochybněwithout a doubt
- bez pochybwithout a doubt
Danish utvivlsomt, givetvis
- utvivlsomtwithout a doubt
- givetviswithout a doubt
- uden tvivlwithout a doubt
Dutch zonder twijfel
- zonder twijfelwithout a doubt
Esperanto sendube
- sendubewithout a doubt
Finnish epäilemättä, varmasti
- epäilemättäwithout a doubt
- varmastiwithout a doubt
French pas de doute, sans doute
- pas de doutewithout a doubt
- sans doutewithout a doubt
- à n'en pas douterwithout a doubt
German fraglos, zweifellos
- fragloswithout a doubt
- zweifelloswithout a doubt
Hebrew אין ספק
- אין ספק (en safék)without a doubt
Indonesian tanpa keraguan, sudah pasti
- tanpa keraguanwithout a doubt
- sudah pastiwithout a doubt
Irish gan amhras, gan dabht
- gan amhraswithout a doubt
- gan dabhtwithout a doubt
- is dóighwithout a doubt
Japanese 間違いなく, 疑いもなく
- 間違いなく (machigai-naku)without a doubt
- 疑いもなく (utagai mo naku)without a doubt
Latin nīmīrum, nempe
- nīmīrumwithout a doubt
- nempewithout a doubt
Latvian protams, bez šaubām
- protamswithout a doubt
- bez šaubāmwithout a doubt
Polish niewątpliwie
- niewątpliwiewithout a doubt
Portuguese sem dúvida
- sem dúvidawithout a doubt
Russian несомне́нно, вне сомне́ния
- несомне́нно (nesomnénno)without a doubt
- вне сомне́ния (vne somnénija)without a doubt
Thai อย่างไม่ต้องสงสัย
- อย่างไม่ต้องสงสัย (yàang mâi dtɔ̂ng sǒng-sǎi)without a doubt
Turkish hiç şüphesiz, şüphesiz
- hiç şüphesizwithout a doubt
- şüphesizwithout a doubt
Vietnamese chắc chắn
- chắc chắnwithout a doubt
Cite this entry
no doubt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20doubt
“no doubt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20doubt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no doubt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20doubt.
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