confident
//ˈkɒnfɪdənt//
Forms
- Comparative
- more confident
- Superlative
- most confident
Definitions
1.Very sure of something; positive.
- I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
- He was confident of success.
2.Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
- Tom is confident he'll win.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2977
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e.
self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”).
See confide.