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- [shoo r-fahyuh r, shur-]
- /ˈʃʊərˌfaɪər, ˈʃɜr-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [shoo r-fahyuh r, shur-]
- /ˈʃʊərˌfaɪər, ˈʃɜr-/
Definitions of surefire word
- adjective surefire sure to work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme. 1
- adjective surefire certain to succeed 1
- adjective surefire A surefire thing is something that is certain to succeed or win. 0
- adjective surefire sure to be successful or as expected; that will not fail 0
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Origin of surefire
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; sure + fire
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Parts of speech for Surefire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
surefire popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
surefire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for surefire
adj surefire
- apodictic — that can clearly be shown or proved; absolutely certain or necessarily true
- assured — Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed.
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
- inerrable — Incapable of error; infallible.
noun surefire
- authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- cert — If you say that someone or something is a cert, you mean that you are certain they will succeed.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- definiteness — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
adjective surefire
- ascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- attested — (of cattle, etc) certified to be free from a disease, esp from tuberculosis
- clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
- delivering — Present participle of deliver.
- ensured — Simple past tense and past participle of ensure.
Antonyms for surefire
adjective surefire
- disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
- doubted — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- erring — Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
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