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[ adjective ] assured by (usually) spoken agreement

Examples

"the promised toy" "the promised land"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Religion usually also includes a principle of compensation , mainly in a promised perfect future state .

Related terms

secure

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Rhymes with

honest alarmist august must pianist polemicist determinist feminist animist pessimist anatomist practiced modest artist harnessed orthodontist therapist florist guitarist empiricist aug august dishonest rust forest harvest biochemist pianist columnist amorist farthest lobbyist largest biased modernist naturalist deforest neutralist reforest philanthropist federalist florist smallest cultist buttressed finest highest greatest everest psychiatrist trust crust psychoanalyst contortionist accompanist arsonist journalist photojournalist panelist organist nationalist conversationalist botanist calloused ballast combust librettist interest adjust fascist longest apprenticed neoplatonist analyst chauvinist platonist protagonist antagonist gymnast robust stardust marxist populist monopolist nationalist anarchist unbiased baptist slightest humorist novelist fastest newest rainforest nearest dearest caricaturist tourist tempest cartoonist littlest quietist quietest classicist catalyst jurist herbalist satirist geneticist expressionist exhibitionist communist conservationist isolationist impressionist illusionist obstructionist abolitionist anabaptist propagandist capitalist lowest furthest unionist soonest calvinist jansenist perfectionist neurologist endocrinologist entomologist encyclopedist zoologist musicologist psychologist anthropologist anesthesiologist canoeist biologist apologist antitrust seismologist ideologist pathologist urologist gynecologist orthopedist geologist rheumatologist violinist entrust encrust breakfast incrust herbalist unjust noticed televangelist evangelist embarrassed specialist methodist socialist prejudiced sawdust distrust mistrust thrust readjust naturalist activist locust slowest buddhist latest biggest anesthetist focused focussed oldest fewest sadist disinterest witnessed cellist dust cussed lust machinist bused bussed bust just gust eldest closest oboist wanderlust allergist fetishist

Phonetic and Homophones

P R AA1 M AH0 S T

Similar Spelling

promise promisee premise promiser premiss promiscuous promisor premises promising primus promissory promissary promisingly promiscuity

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