confidence
1. freedom from doubt;
belief in yourself and your abilities (Freq. 13)
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
• Syn:
assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness
• Derivationally related forms:
sure (for: sureness), self-confident (for: self-confidence), confident
• Hypernyms:
certainty
• Attrubites:
certain, sure, uncertain, unsure, incertain
2. a feeling of trust (in someone or something) (Freq. 6)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
• Ant:
diffidence
• Derivationally related forms:
confidential
• Hypernyms:
security
• Attrubites:
confident, diffident, shy, timid, unsure
3. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable (Freq. 3)
- public confidence in the economy
• Derivationally related forms:
confident
• Hypernyms:
hopefulness
4. a trustful relationship
- he took me into his confidence
- he betrayed their trust
• Syn:
trust
• Derivationally related forms:
trusty (for: trust), trust (for: trust), confidential, confide
• Hypernyms:
friendship, friendly relationship
5. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- everyone trusted him with their confidences
- the priest could not reveal her confidences
• Derivationally related forms:
confidential, confide
• Hypernyms:
secret
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