self-assured

[ self-uh-shoord ]

adjective

1. self-confident.

   Synonyms: positive, cocky, confident, assured

self-assured

adjective

1. confident of one's own worth

Derived Forms

• ˌself-asˈsuredly, adverb
• ˌself-asˈsuredness, noun

Other Words From

• self-as·sur·ed·ness [self, -, uh, -, shoor, -id-nis], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-assured¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

And he says that with something he does share with Christopher—a tone of absolute, self-assured certainty.

From The Daily Beast

With Eraserhead, I got way more happiness in the doing, and became way more self-assured.

From The Daily Beast

She was vibrant, passionate, compassionate, determined, courageous, self-assured, and present.

From The Daily Beast

These teens are smart, motivated, and remarkably self-assured.

From The Daily Beast

Gia Coppola sounds surprisingly tentative for someone who has made such a self-assured first feature.

From The Daily Beast

The City Bride, on the other hand, shows its author completely self-assured, and rightly so.

From Project Gutenberg

For the time he dismissed De Courval from his mind, although not altogether self-assured concerning the future.

From Project Gutenberg

It was cruel of him, in that insufferably self-assured tone, to brush aside my wishes.

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How dared he speak in that calm and self-assured fashion of some day taking possession of their own beloved Rainbow Ranch?

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He hated that plump, self-assured thigh and the glossy black stripe that curved along it.

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Related Words

• assured
• confident
• courageous
• overconfident