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 unconfident

afraid, unsure, hesitant, touchy, shaky, apprehensive, anxious, uptight, troubled, skeptical, unclear, uncertain, indecisive, suspicious, mistrustful, dubious, undecided, distrustful, unconvinced, diffident

Examples from the Web for unconfident

Contemporary Examples of unconfident

The other end of the same phenomenon is you miss the first throw, you get unconfident, and you miss the second one as well.
Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks: The Science Behind Winning
Clark Merrefield
February 18, 2012
It's only the weak and unconfident that are threatened by such things.
The Next Year in Media
Rachel Sklar
January 3, 2010

Historical Examples of unconfident

Her standards of right and wrong were shaken; the wholesale assaults on her ideals left her shocked and unconfident.
The City of Delight
Elizabeth Miller

British Dictionary definitions for unconfident

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 unconfident

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.