confident

A2 Topic:Describing People

US /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ UK /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3397

Meanings

1

adj
Feeling sure of yourself and your abilities.

She is a confident speaker who enjoys giving presentations.
2

adj
Certain that something is true or will happen.

I'm confident that we will win the match.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · feeling sure of yourself... self-assured

2 adj · certain that something is... convinced sure

Word family

Derived forms confidentlyconfidentnesse-confidenthyperconfidentinconfidentmisconfidentnonconfidentoverconfident self-confidentsemiconfidentsuperconfidentultraconfident

Related forms confidant confidante confide confidence confidential

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Etymology

From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.

*bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European confident Middle French confidens Latin

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Describing People

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# confident

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
**Frequency rank:** 3397

## Meanings
1. Feeling sure of yourself and your abilities.
2. Certain that something is true or will happen.

## Examples
- She is a confident speaker who enjoys giving presentations.
- I'm confident that we will win the match.

## Derived Forms
- confidently
- confidentness
- e-confident
- hyperconfident
- inconfident
- misconfident
- nonconfident
- overconfident
- self-confident
- semiconfident
- superconfident
- ultraconfident

## Related Forms
- confidant
- confidante
- confide
- confidence
- confidential

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰeydʰ-
- Root: confident
- Root: confidens

## Etymology
From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.

## AI Etymology
confident is an adjective and noun. It is from Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide. Historical forms in the chain include *bʰeydʰ- (Proto-Indo-European), confident (Middle French), and confidens (Latin). Current senses include feeling sure of yourself and your abilities and certain that something is true or will happen. Derived forms include confidently, confidentness, e-confident, hyperconfident, and inconfident. Related words include confidant, confidante, confide, and confidence.

## Topics
- Describing People

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