confident

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having or marked by confidence or assurance

   a confident speaker

2. 2
   adj

   Very sure of something; positive.

   I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.

3. 3
   adj

   Forward, impudent.

   I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.

4. 4
   noun

   Obsolete form of confidant.

   He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied

5. 5
   adj

   not liable to error in judgment or action

6. 6
   adj

   persuaded of

7. 7
   adj

   Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.

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.