reassuring

The word “reassuring” has 4 syllables: re-as-sur-ing

It's pronounced as /ˌriː.əˈʃʊr.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for reassuring?

In the thesaurus, “reassuring” has 50 synonyms and 48 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for reassuring along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for reassuring

  • allaying
  • alleviating
  • assuaging
  • assured
  • assuring
  • auspicious
  • beamish
  • boosting
  • bright
  • bullish
  • calming
  • cheering
  • comforting
  • commiserating
  • condoling
  • confident
  • consoling
  • decisive
  • doubtless
  • elevating
  • empathizing
  • encouraging
  • eupeptic
  • fair
  • favorable
  • golden
  • good
  • heartening
  • hopeful
  • lifting
  • likely
  • optimistic
  • positive
  • promising
  • propitious
  • quieting
  • relaxing
  • relieving
  • rose-colored
  • roseate
  • rosy
  • solacing
  • soothing
  • sure
  • sympathizing
  • tranquilizing
  • tranquillizing
  • unhesitating
  • upbeat
  • uplifting

Antonyms for reassuring

  • aggravating
  • annoying
  • bearish
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • demoralizing
  • depressing
  • desperate
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dismal
  • distressing
  • doubtful
  • downbeat
  • dreary
  • dubious
  • fretting
  • funereal
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • gray
  • grey
  • grim
  • harassing
  • hopeless
  • inauspicious
  • intensifying
  • irking
  • irritating
  • miserable
  • negative
  • pessimistic
  • pestering
  • tormenting
  • torturing
  • troubling
  • uncertain
  • unencouraging
  • unfavorable
  • unlikely
  • unpromising
  • unpropitious
  • upsetting
  • worrying
  • worsening
  • wretched

Meanings of reassuring

  • verb
    1. To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
    2. To reinsure.
  • noun
    1. Reassurance.
  • adjective
    1. That reassures; causing comfort or confidence.

Example Sentences

  • His reassuring words helped calm everyone down.
  • There was something reassuring about her steady presence.
  • The doctor gave a reassuring smile before the procedure.
  • It’s always reassuring to know that help is available.
  • She spoke in a reassuring tone to ease their fears.

On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to reassuring, such as: aggravating, allaying, alleviating, annoying, assuaging, assured, assuring.

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easing

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Panglossian

  • Pollyanna
  • Pollyannaish
  • Pollyannish
  • assured
  • auspicious
  • bright
  • buoyant
  • cheerful
  • cheering
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • comforting
  • confident
  • encouraged
  • encouraging
  • expectant
  • fair
  • favorable
  • golden
  • good
  • happy
  • heartening
  • high
  • hopeful
  • hoping
  • idealist
  • idealistic
  • keeping the faith
  • likely
  • looking on the bright side
  • looking through rose-colored glasses
  • merry
  • on cloud nine
  • on top of world
  • optimistic
  • positive
  • promising
  • propitious
  • ray of sunshine
  • reassuring
  • romantic
  • rose-colored
  • roseate
  • rosy
  • sanguine
  • sunny
  • trusting
  • upbeat
  • utopian
  • visionary

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