Synonyms for confident
ˈkɒn fɪ dəntcon·fi·dent

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1. confidentadjective

   self-confident

   I was impressed by this confidence at such a young age.

   Synonyms:
   self-assured

   Antonyms:
   insecure, self-destructive

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1. confident

   Synonyms:
   positive, assured, sure, certain, impudent, bold, sanguine

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1. confidentadjective

   having or marked by confidence or assurance

   "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"

   Synonyms:
   sure-footed, confident(p), convinced(p), positive(p), surefooted

   Antonyms:
   incertain, diffident, shy, unsure, uncertain, timid, incapable

2. convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)adjective

   persuaded of; very sure

   "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win"

   Antonyms:
   shy, uncertain, unsure, timid, incapable, incertain, diffident

3. confident, surefooted, sure-footedadjective

   not liable to error in judgment or action

   "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani

   Synonyms:
   sure-footed, footsure, confident(p), convinced(p), positive(p), surefooted

   Antonyms:
   incapable, diffident, incertain, unsure, uncertain, shy, timid

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1. certain

   i was certain i could win the race.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021  

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1. confidentadjective

   Synonyms:
   assured, certain, sure, positive, COCKSURE, fully convinced

2. confidentadjective

   Synonyms:
   bold, presumptuous, sanguine

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1. confidentadjective

   Synonyms:
   sure, undoubting, sanguine, reliant, undaunted

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1. List of paraphrases for "confident":

   convinced, sure, confidence, self-confident, satisfied, certain, hopeful, safe, secure, trusting, trust, optimistic, certainty

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1. Selena Gomez:

   The guys that do have the confidence to hit on me are not necessarily my type, but they think they are because I ’m a pop star, I sing songs, do movies, I like to feel sexy and confident on stage, i ’d be so stoked with a writer or producer or actor who is low-key, but those kind of guys are terrified of me ! she said.

2. Trey Gowdy:

   I am confident former White House Director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, DNI Dan Coats, Ambassador Nikki Haley, FBI Director Chris Wray, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and others will be able to communicate to the President it is possible to conclude Russia interfered with United States election in 2016 without delegitimizing his electoral success.

3. Kendall Gross:

   At the preliminary hearing, several pieces of evidence were uncovered that cast doubt on the allegations made against him. Capt. Johnson looks forward to his day in court, and he is confident that he will be acquitted.

4. President Barack Obama:

   There are going to be many months in which people will be able to look at every comma and period and semicolon in this deal, and I feel very confident that when people evaluate the actual deal that is done, that they will see that, in fact, it is the most progressive trade deal in history.

5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:

   I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my grave even more successfully and more irrefutably than in my lifetime. No one can bar the road to truth, and to advance its cause I am prepared to accept even death. But may it be that repeated lessons will finally teach us not to stop the writer's pen during his lifetime? At no time has this ennobled our history.