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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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A JetBlue spokesman said the airline is confident that all its flights safely avoided places where debris was reported or observed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jack sees the projected scale of the Universal UK park as a huge oportunity for the UK's economy, and seems confident that the company can pull off its aims for scale.

From BBC

If 2026 is the year you want to feel more confident, more curious and more quietly triumphant in the kitchen, these are the little interventions that will get you there.

From Salon

"I feel very confident that we have a number of nation states acceptable to all sides in this who are willing to step forward and be a part of that stabilization force," Rubio said.

From Barron's

However, he is confident Ferguson's bleak assessment will not become reality.

From BBC