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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. 

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Talking to the Arab American caucus, he was confident.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

“I just know our guys our confident in how we play the game.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“I truly believe and was confident that we would win this game,” coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

"The most important thing was to make the team feel confident again, to make the players fall in love with playing with each other," he explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

He turned in his paper feeling confident that he’d gotten everything right, even the bonuses.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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