confident
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkɒnfɪdənt//
- United Kingdom/[ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt]/
- United Kingdom/[-dn̩t]/
- United States//ˈkɑnfɪdənt//
- United States/[ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt]/
Very sure of something; positive.
adjective
- 1
Very sure of something; positive.
I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
He was confident of success.
- 2
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
- 3
obsoleteForward, impudent.
I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.
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.
noun
- 1
Variant of confidantobsoleteObsolete form of confidant.
He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied
a certain Lawyer , a great Confident of the Rebels
Forms
- plural
- confidents
- comparative
- more confident
- superlative
- most confident