to be sure

1. 1.

   admittedly

   “to be sure, he is no Einstein”

   Synonymswithout doubtno doubt

Questions about to be sure

What does to be sure mean?

to be sure means "admittedly".

What is another word for to be sure?

Close synonyms include without doubt, no doubt. 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 to be sure a common word?

to be sure is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.