confident

English

Etymology

From Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”); see confide.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

confident (comparative more confident, superlative most confident)

1. being very sure of or positive about something

   I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.

2. self-confident

   I was impressed by this confidence at such a young age.

Antonyms

• (self-confident): insecure, self-destructive

Synonyms

• (self-confident): self-assured

Related terms

• confidant
• confidante
• confide
• confidence
• confidential
• overconfident
• self-confident

Translations

being very sure of or positive about something

Arabic: واثق (ar) m., واثقة (ar) f. Bulgarian: сигурен (bg), уверен (bg) Finnish: luottavainen (fi), itsevarma (fi) French: assuré (fr), confiant (fr) Georgian: დარწმუნებული (ka) German: zuversichtlich (1) Hebrew: בטוח (bat'uakh) m., בטוחה (bet'ukha) f.

Hungarian: bizakodó (hu) Ido: certigeso Italian: fiducioso (it), sicuro (it) Polish: pewny m. Portuguese: confiante Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach (gd), deimhinn (gd), misneachail (gd)

self-confident — see self-confident

External links

• confident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• confident in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃/, SAMPA: /kO~.fi.dA~/

Noun

confident m. (plural confidents; feminine confidente, plural confidentes)

1. confidant

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Latin

Verb

cōnfīdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnfīdō