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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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Guys really feel confident with a woman saying, “You look nice.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 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

A fourth match without defeat against their nearest rivals would seal one of the most unlikely triumphs ever in Scottish football, and former Hearts midfielder Michael Stewart is confident they can get the job done.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

But I wasn’t too confident that Opal would think to say it.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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