confident

Meanings

Plural: confidents

Adjective

having or marked by confidence or assurance
- "a confident speaker"
- "a confident reply"
- "his manner is more confident these days"
- "confident of fulfillment"

Adjective Satellite

persuaded of; very sure
- "was confident he would win"
not liable to error in judgment or action; - Walter Lippman; - Michiko Kakutani

Adj

Very sure of something; positive.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Forward, impudent.

Noun

Obsolete form of confidant.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

convinced, positive, self-assured, sure-footed, surefooted

Antonyms

diffident, insecure, self-destructive, shy

Scrabble Score: 15

confident is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
confident is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
confident is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

confident is a valid Words With Friends word