confident
1. having or marked by confidence or assurance (Freq. 7)
- a confident speaker
- a confident reply
- his manner is more confident these days
- confident of fulfillment
• Ant:
diffident
• Similar to:
assured, cocksure, overconfident, positive, reassured,
self-assured, self-confident
• Derivationally related forms:
confidence
• Attrubites:
confidence
2. persuaded of;
very sure
- were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join
- I am positive he is lying
- was confident he would win
• Syn:
convinced, positive
• Similar to:
certain, sure
3. not liable to error in judgment or action
- "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman
- "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani
• Syn:
surefooted, sure-footed
• Similar to:
capable
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