reassure

Verb

Verb Forms: reassured, reassuring, reassures

• To restore confidence; to make someone feel less anxious.
• cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
  • "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"
• give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
  • "I reassured him that we were safe"
• To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
• To reinsure.

Examples

• His opponent tried to reassure him that his current low score was just a temporary setback.
• The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.

Synonyms

assure

Antonyms

worry

Related Words

reassurance