Synonyms for confidence
ˈkɒn fɪ dənscon·fi·dence

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1. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

2. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

3. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

4. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

5. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. confidence

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, assurance, boldness, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

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1. confidence

   Synonyms:
   trust, faith, belief, self-reliance, assurance, dependence, reliance

   Antonyms:
   distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, surenessnoun

   freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

   "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"

   Synonyms:
   potency, pledge, sanction, dominance, assurance, authorization, trust, self-confidence, say-so, self-assurance, federal agency, agency, bureau, sureness, government agency, office, authority, authorisation

   Antonyms:
   self-distrust, self-doubt, diffidence

2. confidencenoun

   a feeling of trust (in someone or something)

   "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, trust, authority, assurance, sureness

   Antonyms:
   self-doubt, self-distrust, diffidence

3. confidencenoun

   a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable

   "public confidence in the economy"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, trust, authority, assurance, sureness

   Antonyms:
   diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt

4. confidence, trustnoun

   a trustful relationship

   "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"

   Synonyms:
   assurance, reliance, self-assurance, faith, trustfulness, corporate trust, cartel, trustingness, authority, trust, self-confidence, combine, sureness

   Antonyms:
   self-doubt, self-distrust, diffidence

5. confidencenoun

   a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

   "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, trust, authority, assurance, sureness

   Antonyms:
   self-distrust, diffidence, self-doubt

Matched Categories

1. • Friendship
   • Hopefulness
   • Secret
   • Security

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   trust, faith, belief, reliance, dependence

2. confidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   boldness, courage, intrepidity, assurance, firmness, self-reliance

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1. confidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   reliance, trust, faith, dependence, assurance, certainty

   Antonyms:
   doubt

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1. List of paraphrases for "confidence":

   trust, faith, trusted, confidence-building, confidence-, self-confidence, confident, trusting, reliance, credibility, belief, certainty, mistrust, trustworthy, confidence, assurance, distrust

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1. Carmelo Anthony:

   Those guys came out firing, they were locked in. They are a scary team. They played freely and play spaced out. They play with a lot of confidence. They play fast paced and you have to match that pace or contain that pace.

2. William Dudley:

   One thing I think we can say with more confidence is that financial conditions are considerably tighter than they were at the time of the December meeting, so if those financial conditions were to remain in place by the time we get to the March meeting, we would have to take that into consideration in terms of that monetary policy decision.

3. Hope Hicks:

   Recent decisions handed down by [the Coast Guard’s administrative court] on sexual misconduct cases, such as those highlighted in the recent CNN story, are extremely troubling, and I don’t have a lot of confidence the court would do the right thing in my case either.

4. Keith Temperton:

   There is some hope that things are starting to get back to normal, and the rally in oil is helping put some confidence back in the markets.

5. Christopher Coblyn:

   We prepare our students to face incidences like this. And we prepare them to face it with confidence and their heads held high and to find strength in the community.