overconfident

[oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt]

adjective

1. too confident.

   Synonyms: heedless, reckless, arrogant, bold, cocksure, certain, sure

overconfident

/ ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt /

adjective

1. excessively confident

Other Word Forms

• overconfidence noun
• overconfidently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of overconfident¹

First recorded in 1610–20; over- + confident

Example Sentences

Maybe they're rude, overconfident or have a habit of helping themselves to snacks without asking.

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It also measures uncertainty in its predictions, helping prevent overconfident but incorrect conclusions.

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Mike was cocky and overconfident and Jordan was just concerned with Megan’s happiness.

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An apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.

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That "manifested as being quite contrary and overconfident in how everyone else should be living... and how I needed to be", she says.

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Related Words

• brash 
• careless 
• cocky 
• presumptuous 
• pushy 
• reckless