reassure
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
Types & categories
- still hypernym
Related & opposite
- vex antonym
- reassurance derivation
Sense 2 verb
give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
I reassured him that we were safe
Types & categories
- assure hypernym
Related & opposite
- reassurance derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | vex |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reassurance |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | still |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reassurance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assure |