overconfident

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled over-confident

US /ˌoʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənt/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having excessive confidence in oneself or one's abilities

Overconfident after early wins, the team neglected to train and lost.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having excessive confidence... cocky presumptuous brash arrogant overweening conceitedhubristic

Opposites

insecure diffident timid unsure modest

Word family

Derived forms overconfidentlyoverconfidence

Related forms confident confidence

Etymology

From over- ('excessively') plus confident, from Latin confidens, present participle of confidere ('to trust fully'), from con- plus fidere ('to trust').

confīdere Latin fīdere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# overconfident

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt/

## Meanings
1. having excessive confidence in oneself or one's abilities

## Examples
- Overconfident after early wins, the team neglected to train and lost.

## Synonyms
- cocky
- presumptuous
- brash
- arrogant
- overweening
- conceited
- hubristic

## Antonyms
- insecure
- diffident
- timid
- unsure
- modest

## Derived Forms
- overconfidently
- overconfidence

## Related Forms
- confident
- confidence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: confīdere
- Root: fīdere

## Etymology
From over- ('excessively') plus confident, from Latin confidens, present participle of confidere ('to trust fully'), from con- plus fidere ('to trust').

## AI Etymology
Overconfident is from over- ('excessively') plus confident, from Latin confidens, present participle of confidere ('to trust fully'), from con- plus fidere ('to trust'). Important recorded forms include confīdere (Latin) and fīdere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers having excessive confidence in oneself or one's abilities. The wider family includes derived forms such as overconfidently and overconfidence and related words such as confident and confidence.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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