CONFIDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confident mean? 

• CONFIDENT (adjective)
  The adjective CONFIDENT has 3 senses:

1. having or marked by confidence or assurance

2. persuaded of; very sure

3. not liable to error in judgment or action

  Familiarity information: CONFIDENT used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFIDENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or marked by confidence or assurance

Context example:

confident of fulfillment

Similar:

assured (marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence)

cocksure; overconfident; positive (marked by excessive confidence)

reassured (having confidence restored; freed from anxiety)

self-assured; self-confident (showing poise and confidence in your own worth)

Attribute:

confidence (a feeling of trust (in someone or something))

Antonym:

diffident (lacking self-confidence)

Derivation:

confidence (freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities)

confidence (a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Persuaded of; very sure

Synonyms:

confident; convinced; positive

Context example:

was confident he would win

Similar:

certain; sure (having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not liable to error in judgment or action

Synonyms:

confident; sure-footed; surefooted

Context example:

demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent

Similar:

capable ((usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability)

 Context examples 

He was rather a shallow sort of young gentleman, I thought, with a handsome face, a rapid utterance, and a confident, bold air.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Be confident that this trend will end on November 18, thanks to Mars’ exit from Libra.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I had been so confident of regaining the treaty at once that I had not dared to think of what would be the consequence if I failed to do so.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He anchored his faith to that, and was confident that the really first-class magazines would pay an unknown writer at least an equal rate, if not a better one.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He swaggered up a path as if the place belonged to him, and we heard his loud, confident peal at the bell.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am confident that all the drums and trumpets of a royal army, beating and sounding together just at your ears, could not equal it.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He had grown stronger and wiser, and more confident.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A question about how confident an individual is that taking the medication is a good thing.

(Confidence that Taking Medication is a Good Thing, NCI Thesaurus)

This enabled them to be more confident that vegetation plays a role in reduced mortality, rather than these factors.

(Greenness around homes linked to lower mortality, NIH)

A question about the frequency an individual feels or felt confident about their ability to handle personal problems during the last month.

(How Often Felt Confident About Ability to Handle Problems in the Last Month, NCI Thesaurus)