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confidentfeeling or showing certainty about one's abilities or qualities

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: feeling or showing certainty about one's abilities or qualities

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈkɑːnfɪdənt/

Korean meaning: 자신감 있는, 확신하는

Korean pronunciation: **칸**피던트

Example Sentences

  • He walked into the job interview looking confident, but his knees were shaking like a chihuahua in winter.
  • She's so confident in her cooking skills that she doesn't even taste her food before serving it.
  • I'm confident that my cat thinks he's the CEO of this house.

confident

ADJECTIVE

//ˈkɑːnfɪdənt//

feeling or showing certainty about one's abilities or qualities

confident concept
💡 Concept

A candidate speaks confidently during her job interview presentation

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confident rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The future president's confidence is evident!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈkɑːnfɪdənt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcon--
Rootfid
Suffix--ent

Origin

From Latin 'confidens', the present participle of 'confidere' meaning 'to trust' or 'to have faith in', composed of 'com-' (with) and 'fidere' (to trust).

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🎵Rhyme

presidentresidentevident
president
resident
evident

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

He walked into the job interview looking confident, but his knees were shaking like a chihuahua in winter.

She's so confident in her cooking skills that she doesn't even taste her food before serving it.

😄 Fun example

I'm confident that my cat thinks he's the CEO of this house.

The confident athlete broke three world records in one competition.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

self-assuredboldcertainassuredself-confident

Antonyms

insecureuncertaindoubtful

Related

confidenceconfidentlyoverconfidentself-esteem