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SELF-CONFIDENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-confident mean?
• SELF-CONFIDENT (adjective)
The adjective SELF-CONFIDENT has 1 sense:
1. showing poise and confidence in your own worth
Familiarity information: SELF-CONFIDENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing poise and confidence in your own worth
Synonyms:
self-assured; self-confident
Context example:
hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident
Similar:
confident (having or marked by confidence or assurance)
Derivation:
self-confidence (freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities)
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