SURETY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

surety

noun

ˈshu̇r(-ə)-tē

Definition of surety

as in contract

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason

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as in sponsor

a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back

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as in assurance

a state of mind in which one is free from doubt I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety

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Recent Examples of surety At the same time, sureties often view access to credit as an important indicator of financial strength when evaluating bonding capacity. — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Part of that was down to Nosková, who hit her forehand with a surety which was the polar opposite of Muchová, who had nine forehand errors in the first set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Tragicomedy is an assault on surety. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026 Bond has been set at $6,000 cash with an additional $10,000 surety. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for surety

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Noun

Sentara Health, a hospital system in Virginia with more than $14 billion of revenue, recently went through a contract dispute with Anthem, the health plan owned by Elevance Health.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
SeaGuardian is the maritime variant of the MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) operated by the USN as part of a Company-Owned, Company-Operated (COCO) contract with GA-ASI supporting an ongoing capability assessment for the 7th Fleet.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of contract

Noun

Each group is given HR support, a presence on internal channels, an executive sponsor, and a seat in strategy meetings.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
But this is an instance where a sponsor can provide tangible benefits to their motorsports partner beyond a bank transfer, as Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and OpenAI have been showing in IndyCar this year.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of sponsor

Noun

In reality, a good AI governance framework is connective tissue between an organization’s ambition to use AI for greater good and the assurance that good is actually being delivered.

— Jeffrey Bartel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Tjon brings more than 16 years of experience across certification, assurance and global textile supply chains.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of assurance

Noun

Certain weather changes are common during El Niños, but there are no guarantees that extreme weather events this winter will match those predictions for every region.

— Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
Plenty of things cost relatively little but provide significant value, such as clear pricing, FAQs, credentials, reviews, guarantees and useful takeaways.

— David Cozzens, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of guarantee

Noun

Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
One of the most romantic venues is Naam 1608, set in a traditional wood house on the river where patrons sitting along the bar can almost touch their toes in the water.

— Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of patron

Noun

If Waldron’s future role at Goldman Sachs appears to be a near certainty, that’s not the case for the rest of the bank’s C-suite, especially if several top executives depart after being passed over.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The tension between intellectual certainty and its corporeal obverse is the novel’s most interesting possibility, yet its campus plot repeatedly narrows into a question of who deserves our sympathy.

— Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

The bill defines a brand guarantor broadly as anyone contracting for garment manufacturing, including through a brand or name-licensing arrangement.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
At first, it was intended to be a temporary measure; yet the collapse of Venice’s maritime trade—once the guarantor of its prosperity—demanded that the Ghetto not only be retained but expanded.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

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