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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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At the end of the season, confident that he’d learned enough about how things work, Mr. Coyne decided to move ahead with the purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"We're confident that the technology is scalable," he says.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

What has surprised the researchers is how confident the computer models already are about its strength.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Markets appear to be becoming more confident that the global economy can run smoothly with less oil, at least for a limited time until a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is reached.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The village would be quiet without the eldest twins, but she was confident that Ivan and his brothers would fill that void in no time.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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