promise
Word you keep
A promise is a declaration that you will or won't do something, creating an obligation to follow through: I promise I'll be there.
Breaking a promise damages trust.
Promise also means potential for future success: a young artist of great promise.
As a verb, to promise is to make such a commitment, or to give grounds for expectation: The clouds promise rain.
Binding promise given
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
bond · allegiance · word · guarantee · assurance · faithfulness · fidelity · integrity
Enforceable written agreement
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
deal · understanding · settlement · arrangement · compact · entente · terms · stipulation
Formal promise of fulfillment
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- convictionFirmly held belief
- trustConfidence in another
- relianceState of needing support
credence · dependability · security · surety · safeguard · warranty · word of honor · solemn
Inborn aptitude
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- aptitudeInnate capability
- giftedGiven as present
prodigy · budding · emerging · rising · star · prospect · future · untapped
State of awaiting something
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
outlook · projection · indication · sign · portent · harbinger · omen · foreshadowing
Tendency to expect good
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- wishYearned-for outcome
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
desire · possibility · confidence · faith · reassurance · encouragement · inspiration · uplift
pledge
Binding promise given
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
oath · bond · allegiance · word · guarantee · assurance · faithfulness · fidelity · integrity · honor
contract
Enforceable written agreement
accord · deal · understanding · settlement · arrangement · compact · entente · terms · stipulation · clause
guarantee
Formal promise of fulfillment
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- convictionFirmly held belief
- trustConfidence in another
reliance · credence · dependability · security · surety · safeguard · warranty · word of honor · solemn · earnest
talent
Inborn aptitude
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- aptitudeInnate capability
gifted · prodigy · budding · emerging · rising · star · prospect · future · untapped · latent
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- likelihoodChance something will occur
probability · outlook · projection · indication · sign · portent · harbinger · omen · foreshadowing · augur
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- wishYearned-for outcome
yearning · desire · possibility · confidence · faith · reassurance · encouragement · inspiration · uplift · bright
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- commitmentsvow, pledge, oath, vows, binding agreement
promisehopelessness
State without hope
despair · impossibility · dead end · doom · futility
- I promiseSolemn personal commitment
- broken promiseCommitment not honored
- break a promiseFail sworn commitment
- empty promisesInsincere verbal commitments
- land of promiseDestined place of abundance
- pinky promiseInterlocking digit oath
compromise, promised, promising, promises, compromising, compromised, unpromising, compromises, compromiser