First Known Use: circa 1567
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confident
adjective con·fi·dent \ˈkän-fə-dənt, -ˌdent\
: having a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something : having confidence
: showing that you have confidence
: certain that something will happen or that something is true
Full Definition of CONFIDENT
1
: full of conviction : certain <confident of success> <confident that conditions will improve>
2
: having or showing assurance and self-reliance <a confident young businessman> <a confident manner>
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Origin of CONFIDENT
Latin confident-, confidens, from present participle of confidere
Related to CONFIDENT
- Synonyms
- assured, secure, self-asserting, self-assured, self-confident
- Antonyms
- diffident, insecure, self-distrustful, self-doubting
Rhymes with CONFIDENT
accident, aliment, Blaenau Gwent, circumvent, compartment, complement, compliment, devilment, diffident, discontent, document, evident, heaven-sent, implement, incident, instrument, Jack-a-Lent, malcontent, nonevent, Occident, ornament, orient, provident, regiment, reinvent, represent, re-present, resident, Saint-Laurent, sediment, self-content, subsequent, supplement
CONFIDENT Defined for Kids
confident
adjective con·fi·dent \ˈkän-fə-dənt\
Definition of CONFIDENT for Kids
: having or showing sureness and optimism
— con·fi·dent·ly adverb
Word Root of CONFIDENT
The Latin word fidēs, meaning “faith,” gives us the root fid. Words from the Latin fidēs have something to with being faithful. Fidelity is faith or loyalty. To confide in someone is to show trust in the person by telling her or him a secret. Someone who is confident has faith that he or she will do something correctly and successfully.
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