Confident

Etymology
< confidens:, present participle of confidere:; see confide.

Adjective

 * 1) being very sure of or positive about something
 * 2) self-confident

Antonyms

 * insecure

Related terms

 * confidant
 * confidante
 * confide
 * confidence
 * confidential
 * overconfident
 * self-confident

Thesaurus
agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, arrogant, aspiring, assured, awaiting, aweless, balanced, believing, bold, brash, brave, certain, cocksure, cocky, collected, composed, convinced, cool, courageous, dauntless, decided, determined, devout, dogmatic, doubtless, dreadless, eager, equanimous, equilibrious, expectant, expecting, faithful, fearless, fideistic, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope, gaping, hopeful, hoping, hubristic, impressed with, in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, intrepid, levelheaded, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope, optimistic, overconfident, oversure, overweening, perky, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, poised, pompous, positive, prepared, presuming, proud, pushful, pushy, ready, reassured, recollected, reliant, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assertive, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-restrained, sold on, sure, together, unafraid, unapprehensive, unbashful, undaunted, under the impression, undespairing, undiffident, undoubtful, undoubting, unfaltering, unfearful, unfearing, unfrightened, unhesitating, unscared, unshy, unsurprised, unterrified, untimid, untimorous, unwavering, uppity, valiant, waiting, waiting for, watching for, well-balanced

Translations

 * Arabic: واثق, واثقة
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: zuversichtlich (1)
 * Hebrew: בטוח (bat'uakh), בטוחה (bet'ukha)
 * Hungarian: bizakodó


 * Ido: certigeso
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: pewny
 * Portuguese: confiante
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,

Noun

 * 1) confidant