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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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“She stays confident in who she is, and that’s what we just pour into her,” Brondello said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

But he is not confident the donkey rides will endure once his time comes to an end.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“I feel confident no more secondary cases are going to be observed,” he says, “but we should acknowledge that we don’t know everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Bond investors are more confident they will get their money back from Berlin than from Washington.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

I was feeling pretty confident after my victory that morning, and I was thinking I was ready to take on my most formidable foes: Mama and, especially, Daddy.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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