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confident Definition

con·fi·dent (kän′fə dənt)

adjective

  1. full of confidence; specif.,
    1. assured; certain confident of victory
    2. sure of oneself; self-confident; bold a confident manner
  2. Obsolete trustful; confiding

noun

confidant

confident Related Forms

con′·fi·dently adverb

confident Synonyms

confident

modif.

  1. Certain

    positive, sure, convinced, having faith in; see certain 1, 3, trusting 2.

  2. Self-assured

    self-confident, self-reliant, assured, having no misgivings, bold, fearless, sure of oneself, self-possessed, poised, dauntless, self-sufficient, presumptuous, overconfident, cocksure, cocky*; see also certain 1. See syn. study at certain.

confident Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • victory: Going into the epee Cambridge were 11 hits down, but still confident of victory despite the large Oxford crowd that had gathered.
  • success: We are now really looking forward to our terminal exam and are very confident of success.
  • outcome: However, we are confident of a satisfactory outcome for the new financial year.

Modifying Another Word

  • quietly: I'm quietly confident that things will get better.
  • supremely: This probably surprised the Central players who had been supremely confident of winning.
  • reasonably: Not a course for beginners, but the reasonably confident golfer will appreciate his skill in creating a hard but fair 18 holes.
  • fairly: Jack is a fairly confident Web user who has developed a feel for how long to allow for information gathering.
  • sufficiently: I feel sufficiently confident in British capability to believe we have something important to offer.

Infinitive complement

forget: At all times be confident never to forget it.

Modifies a noun

  • communicator: Extra curricular is all about debating skills to help your children become confident communicators.
  • mood: RWJ Honda's Erik Eggen's also heads to Northern Ireland on Saturday in a confident mood.
  • believer: Confident Believer - I have little doubt I have found the right path Hobbies I like meeting new people who share the same interests.
  • assertion: The article contains the usual confident assertions of pre-eminence without much evidence to back them up.
  • manner: You must be outgoing and have a confident manner with plenty of personality.
  • swimmer: It contains floats that can be removed as and when the wearer becomes a more confident swimmer.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: I feel much more confident about using the Net now.
  • remain: The Board remains confident of Stream's longer term prospects.
  • seem: Well the author and publisher seem so confident they have gone to great lengths to let you try for yourself with absolutely no risk.
  • appear: Remember most employers like: people who listen people who answer questions with examples people who come prepared people who appear confident.
  • become: They were now becoming more confident in playing whenever I was present in the room.