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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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But having angered China and rattled markets in her three months so far, it is unclear what a more confident and secure Takaichi will mean for the region or Asia's number two economy.

From Barron's

This is the director’s first film, and you sense him working in the same mode as early Yorgos Lanthimos before the Greek provocateur felt confident that a charismatic performance wouldn’t overshadow his script.

From Los Angeles Times

And the companies are confident in their products and, perhaps most important, their own AI savvy—especially their ability to integrate Anthropic’s Claude, the chief platform creatings the angst.

From Barron's

And the companies are confident in their products and, perhaps most important, their own AI savvy—especially their ability to integrate Anthropic’s Claude, the chief platform creatings the angst.

From Barron's

Who wouldn’t be confident coaching such a fierce competitor?

From The Wall Street Journal