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adjective
1.
having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
2.
sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one's own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.
3.
excessively bold; presumptuous.
4.
Obsolete. trustful or confiding.
noun
5.
a confidant.
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Origin:
1570–80; < Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns), present participle of confīdere. See confide, -ent
1570–80; < Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns), present participle of confīdere. See confide, -ent
Related forms
con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
hy·per·con·fi·dent, adjective
hy·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
non·con·fi·dent, adjective
non·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
EXPANDqua·si-con·fi·dent, adjective
qua·si-con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
su·per·con·fi·dent, adjective
su·per·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
ul·tra·con·fi·dent, adjective
un·con·fi·dent, adjective
un·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb
COLLAPSEAntonyms
2. modest, diffident.
2. modest, diffident.
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Word Origin & History
confident
1570s, "self-reliant, sure of oneself," from L. confidentem "firmly trusting, reliant, self-confident, bold, daring," prp. of confidere (see confidence). Related: Confidently (1590s).
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