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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

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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.


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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.

Modifying Another Word

  • quietly: I'm quietly confident that things will get better.

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.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: I feel much more confident about using the Net now.
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confident quotes

   Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.One thing have I desired of the L, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the L all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the L, and to inquire in his temple.

-Bible (Old Testament)

There are two things which I am confident I can do very well: one is an introduction to a literary work, stating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner; the other is a conclusion, shewing from various causes why the execution has not been equal to what the author promised to himself and to the public.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

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