Confidence

Noun

 * 1) Self-assurance.
 * 2) Expression or feeling of certainty.
 * 3) The quality of trusting.
 * 4) Information held in secret.

Adjectives for Confidence
gentle; sublime; fine; loyal; supreme; soft; wedded; divine; marvelous; ecstatic; genial; joyous; blithe; touching; cheerful; certain; perfect; fullest; resolute; complete; boundless; utmost; limitless; inviolable; serene; calm; placid; sorry; silent; sober; patriotic; popular; renewed; immovable; easy; abiding; stern; arrogant; thrusting; spiritual; intellectual; infinite; presumptuous; invincible; unhesitating;  sordid, utmost; assumed; strict; obliging; overweening; profound; veiled; restored; undiminished;  buoyant;  fullest;  sincerest; utter; vanished; inspired; mutual; tactless; quiet; secure; fulsome; sketchy; unusual; industrial; heart-rending; tranquil; prophetic; pathetic; liberal; devilish; strong; superb; robust; shaken; animated; personal; imposing; charming; public; reminiscent; radiant; humble; preternatural; unsuspecting; absolute; unlimited; innocent; celebrated; unbounded; harassed; habitual; complacent; unreasonable; loving; ad¬miring; snaring; heartfelt; unbroken; implicit; tender; childish; exaggerated; curious; sufficient; eager; wistful; vigorous; community; aboriginal.

Verbs for Confidence
beget—; betray—; blend in—; break— breed—;  buttress—;  destroy—;  dull— dwell in—; earn—; enjoy—; establish— evince—; evoke—; exchange—; express— found in—; gravitate into—; honor with— inspire—; interchange—; justify—; merit—; misplace—; mistrust—; reek—; regain—; register—; reject—; rejoice in— renounce—; repose—in; restore—; root—in shake—; share—; stimulate—; swear— treat in—; undermine—; violate—; warrant—;   weaken—;  win—;  —prevail; —soars; —wavers.

Antonyms for Confidence

 * (self-assurance): fear

Derived terms

 * confidence interval
 * confidence level

Related terms
confidant; confidante; confident; confidential; self-confidence

Thesaurus
assurance, assured faith, assuredness, balance, belief, boldness, brashness, brass, cabala, certainty, certitude, cheek, cheerful expectation, classified information, cocksureness, confidential communication, confidentially, confidentness, contemplation, conviction, coolness, courage, credence, credit, credulity, crust, dauntlessness, dependence, desire, doomed hope, enigma, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, esoterica, expectancy, expectation, face, fair prospect, faith, fearlessness, fervent hope, gall, good cheer, good hope, great expectations, guarded secret, hermetics, high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, hubris, imminence, impudence, in confidence, in privacy, intimately, level head, levelheadedness, mettle, mystery, mystery of mysteries, nerve, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, personal matter, poise, pomposity, positiveness, possession, prayerful hope, presence of mind, presumption, pride, private matter, privately, privileged communication, privity, probability, profound secret, promise, prospect, prospects, reception, reliance, reliance on, resolution, restraint, restricted information, sanguine expectation, sealed book, secret, security, self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-control, self-importance, self-possession, self-reliance, self-restraint, settled belief, spirit, stock, store, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, tenacity, the occult, thought, trust, unafraidness, unapprehensiveness, unastonishment, unbashfulness, undauntedness, unfearfulness, unfearingness, unshrinkingness, unshyness, untimidness,

Etymology
Latin confidentia &gt; confidere &gt; con- + fidere &gt; fides

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:


 * German: ,
 * Italian: fiducia, autostima, certezza, sicurezza
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: уверенность, самоуверенность


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:


 * German:
 * Hindi: यक़ीन
 * Russian: уверенность


 * Bulgarian:, доверие
 * Czech:


 * German: Vertrauen, Zutrauen
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: поверително съобщение
 * Czech: ,


 * German: Vertraulichkeit
 * Italian: confidenziale, riservato