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- [self kon-fi-duh nt]
- /sɛlf ˈkɒn fɪ dənt/
- /self ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [self kon-fi-duh nt]
- /sɛlf ˈkɒn fɪ dənt/
Definitions of self-confident word
- noun self-confident realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc. 1
- noun self-confident excessive or inflated confidence in one's own judgment, ability, etc. 1
- adjective self-confident assured 1
- adjective self-confident Someone who is self-confident behaves confidently because they feel sure of their abilities or value. 0
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Origin of self-confident
First appearance:
before 1630 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1630-40
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Self-confident
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
self-confident popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for self-confident
adj self-confident
- assertive — Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- assured — Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed.
- at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- cocky — Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- flipper — a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
adjective self-confident
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- cocksure — Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- confident — If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to.
- hotdogger — One who hotdogs; a sporting show-off.
- jaunty — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
Antonyms for self-confident
adj self-confident
adjective self-confident
- inelaborate — Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- rabbity — any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
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