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confident

[kon-fi-duhnt] / ˈkɒn fɪ dənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say confident? The adjective confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt. 

Example Sentences

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"We are quite confident this circuit is one of the mechanisms that contributes to the cognitive impairment that is a major part of the pathology of schizophrenia."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

But that’s because he’s confident you’ll leave bursting with thoughts and feelings about the price of progress, the weight of history and the ways we struggle to do right amid so much that’s wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"When the processes develop to the point where a decision needs to be made, I'm confident that we, I mean the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, will make that decision, of course," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

People dine out more or buy more takeout when they are confident about the economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

I repositioned my bike helmet, my curls tied in a low bun underneath, confident I was protected by my oversized sunglasses and a generous slathering of sunblock insisted on by Mom.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas