confident
Very sure of something; positive.
Example
“I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.”
Other meanings
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Synonyms
- convinced
- positive
Related words
- confidently
- confidentness
- hyperconfident
- inconfident
- misconfident
- nonconfident
- semiconfident
- superconfident
- ultraconfident
- unconfident
- underconfident
- e-confident
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "confidens".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “confident” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.