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con⋅fi⋅dent

  [kon-fi-duhnt]
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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.
Origin:
1570–80; < L confīdent- (s. of confīdēns), prp. of confīdere. See confide, -ent

Related forms:
con⋅fi⋅dent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. certain, positive. See sure. 2. self-reliant, assured, intrepid.

Antonyms:
2. modest, diffident.
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con·fi·dent   (kŏn'fĭ-dənt)   
adj.  
  1. Marked by assurance, as of success.
  2. Marked by confidence in oneself; self-assured. See Synonyms at sure.
  3. Very bold; presumptuous.
  4. Obsolete Confiding; trustful.

[Latin cōnfīdēns, cōnfīdent-, present participle of cōnfīdere, to rely on; see confide.]
con'fi·dent·ly adv.
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Confident

Con"fi*dent\, n. See Confidant. --South. Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : confident
Spanish: seguro de sí mismo,
German: überzeugt,
Japanese: 自信のある
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