confident

[ kon-fi-duhnt ]

adjective

1. having strong belief or full assurance; sure:

   confident of fulfillment.

   Synonyms: positive, certain

2. sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold:

   a confident speaker.

   Synonyms: intrepid, assured, self-reliant

   Antonyms: diffident, modest

3. excessively bold; presumptuous.
4. Obsolete. trustful or confiding.

noun

1. a confidant.

confident

/ ˈkɒnfɪdənt /

adjective

1. postpositivefoll byof having or showing confidence or certainty; sure

   confident of success

2. sure of oneself; bold
3. presumptuous; excessively bold

Derived Forms

• ˈconfidently, adverb

Other Words From

• confi·dent·ly adverb
• hyper·confi·dent adjective
• hyper·confi·dent·ly adverb
• non·confi·dent adjective
• non·confi·dent·ly adverb
• quasi-confi·dent adjective
• quasi-confi·dent·ly adverb
• super·confi·dent adjective
• super·confi·dent·ly adverb
• ultra·confi·dent adjective
• un·confi·dent adjective
• un·confi·dent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of confident¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns ), present participle of confīdere. See confide, -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of confident¹

C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confide

Example Sentences

Farenthold denies all the allegations and is confident that he will “be cleared of any wrongdoing.”

From The Daily Beast

Somebody else suggests that the evidence is precarious, coming as it does from victims who might not make confident witnesses.

From The Daily Beast

Yet Lohse is confident that the reader will take his actions as the fruits of selfless moral courage.

From The Daily Beast

The friendly aura vanished, her eyes dead, voice robotic and confident she was correct.

From The Daily Beast

They were confident that there would be more votes for it next year.

From The Daily Beast

Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.

From Project Gutenberg

Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

Each day he was sending serenely confident telegrams to Calcutta and receiving equally reassuring ones from a fatuous Viceroy.

From Project Gutenberg

So did my versatile friend, joyously confident in his powers, start on his glorious career as a private detective.

From Project Gutenberg

But her sympathy, and her confident belief that Alessandro might yet be found, gave unspeakable cheer to Felipe.

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Related Words

• assured
• certain
• convinced
• positive
• sure