self-confident

B2
US /ˌsɛlfˈkɑːnfədənt/
adj Freq #45059

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    showing poise and confidence in your own worth

    They were hardly more than a child but firm-knit and self-confident.

  2. 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

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