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ADJECTIVE

self-assured, full of oneself

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogant brash bumptious certain conceited confident egotistical hotdogging hotshot hubristic know-it-all lordly nervy overconfident overweening positive presumptuous self-confident smart aleck smart guy smarty smarty pants sure swaggering swollen-headed vain wise guy

Antonyms

WEAK

humble modest uncertain unself-confident unsure

ADJECTIVE

confident

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogant brash certain cocky conceited positive sure vain

Antonyms

WEAK

diffident modest

Example Sentences

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As his banishment gets closer, he only grows more cocksure.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023

You have never met a more cocksure lot than the monetary-policy clerisy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2016

These first pages bear witness both to the energy of his genius and also to its unenlightenment; he seems more ignorant and more cocksure than so great a man should be.

From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

"I never thought you'd notice—" "And you seem more cocksure than ever—" "Cocksure is an ugly word, Diana."

From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery

He was more cocksure and conceited than ever before, and more prone to brag and bully.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor