self-confident
B2
adj
Freq #45059
Meanings
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1
adj
showing poise and confidence in your own worth
They were hardly more than a child but firm-knit and self-confident.
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2
adj
Confident in one's own abilities.
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.
Etymology
From self- + confident.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
adj
· showing poise and...
self-assured
2
adj
· confident in one's own...
selfsecure
Opposites