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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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A central bank need not raise rates in response to such shocks, confident that as they recede, inflation will ease on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

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

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

The Gunners are confident they can finance any deal and quickly finalise the transfer - if he said yes.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The neat partings in their hair, the clicks of their heels, the confident swagger they had.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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