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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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Kids will have to grow up rewatching “Coyote” to fully appreciate it and I’m not confident they will.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

One reason to be confident that AI’s market-beating odds won’t improve in any lasting way is a famous article written nearly forty years ago by William Sharpe, the 1990 Nobel laureate in economics.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

An EPA spokesman said the agency supported third-party data reviews but was confident in its methodologies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Meal prep often asks us to make an absurdly confident prediction about our future appetites.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

But Maggie grew confident enough in Elisha’s love to make fun of the judgmental Kanes, calling them “the Royal Family.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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