confident
Americanadjective
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having strong belief or full assurance; sure.
confident of fulfillment.
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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
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excessively bold; presumptuous.
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Obsolete. trustful or confiding.
noun
adjective
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having or showing confidence or certainty; sure
confident of success
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sure of oneself; bold
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presumptuous; excessively bold
Usage
What are other ways to say confident?
The adjective confident means “having strong belief or full assurance.” How does confident compare to synonyms certain, sure, and positive? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- confidently adverb
- hyperconfident adjective
- hyperconfidently adverb
- nonconfident adjective
- nonconfidently adverb
- quasi-confident adjective
- quasi-confidently adverb
- superconfident adjective
- superconfidently adverb
- ultraconfident adjective
- unconfident adjective
- unconfidently adverb
Etymology
Origin of confident
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns ), present participle of confīdere. See confide, -ent
Example Sentences
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At the moment, however, with almost four decades of experience behind him, Museveni is confident he will bag a seventh victory.
From BBC
Iga Swiatek insists "everything is fine" despite back-to-back losses in the lead-up to the Australian Open, with the world number two "super sore" but confident of recovering for the season-opening Grand Slam.
From Barron's
Engineers here are confident all will be ironed out once the bots ship next year thanks to a robot glove they've developed.
From BBC
Your Global View columnist is only confident that, whatever is coming next, it won’t be boring.
But they also make Coogler’s epic vision feel noticeably less confident.
From Salon
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