confident

[kon-fi-duhnt]

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adjective

having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.
excessively bold; presumptuous.

Obsolete. trustful or confiding.

noun

a confidant.

Origin of confident

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

Related formscon·fi·dent·ly, adverbhy·per·con·fi·dent, adjectivehy·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbnon·con·fi·dent, adjectivenon·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbqua·si-con·fi·dent, adjectivequa·si-con·fi·dent·ly, adverbsu·per·con·fi·dent, adjectivesu·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbul·tra·con·fi·dent, adjectiveun·con·fi·dent, adjectiveun·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb

Can be confusedconfidant confidante confident

Synonyms for confident

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1. certain, positive. See sure. 2. self-reliant, assured, intrepid.

Antonyms for confident

2. modest, diffident.

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Related Words for confident

self-assured, sure, bold, positive, sanguine, hopeful, satisfied, self-reliant, fearless, upbeat, convinced, courageous, brave, dauntless, high, intrepid, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, secure

Examples from the Web for confident

Contemporary Examples of confident

Farenthold denies all the allegations and is confident that he will “be cleared of any wrongdoing.”
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Ben Jacobs
December 16, 2014
Yet Lohse is confident that the reader will take his actions as the fruits of selfless moral courage.
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance
Stefan Beck
November 24, 2014
The friendly aura vanished, her eyes dead, voice robotic and confident she was correct.
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November 20, 2014
They were confident that there would be more votes for it next year.
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November 19, 2014
But she is confident that her generation will see a brighter future.
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Lizzie Crocker
October 31, 2014

Historical Examples of confident

It has not; and we venture to express our confident belief, that it never will.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
Unity of opinion is not necessary to confident friendship and warm love.
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald
He spoke with the sureness of a man of wealth, confident that money will salve any wound.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana

British Dictionary definitions for confident

confident

adjective

(postpositive foll by of) having or showing confidence or certainty; sureconfident of success
sure of oneself; bold
presumptuous; excessively bold

Derived Formsconfidently, adverb

Word Origin for confident

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

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Word Origin and History for confident

adj.

1570s, "self-reliant, sure of oneself," from Middle French confident, from Latin confidentem (nominative confidens) "firmly trusting, reliant, self-confident, bold, daring," present participle of confidere (see confidence). Related: Confidently.