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Definitions

self-assured

[self-uh-shoord] / ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊərd /
ADJECTIVE
self-confident
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assured confident courageous overconfident
WEAK
believing bold brave cocksure cocky expectant expecting fearless full of oneself positive puffed up secure sure sure of oneself unafraid
Antonyms
STRONGEST
shy timid uncertain unsure
STRONG
fearful

Example Sentences

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To her credit, Ms. Romvari directs with self-assured but unshowy inventiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

She was aspirationally fit but unthreatening and strikingly self-assured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

And while Godoy is flattered that people assume he’s just as easygoing and self-assured as Luffy, he’s still working on getting closer to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

“Katie’s a very tenacious, self-assured individual,” recalled Jordan Ball, who was a senator for the opposition party.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self-assured pose, as if nothing had ever come between them, or ever could, but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien