sure thing

1. 1.

   something that is certain

   “his victory is a certainty”

   Synonymscertaintyforegone conclusion

   Broaderquality

   Narrowercertineluctabilityinevitabilitysuretyindisputabilitymoral certaintypredictabilityslam dunk

Questions about sure thing

What does sure thing mean?

sure thing means "something that is certain".

What is another word for sure thing?

Close synonyms include certainty, foregone conclusion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sure thing a common word?

sure thing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.