confident
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/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
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/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ · [ˈkʰɔɱ.fɪ.dənt] · [-dn̩t] · /ˈkɑnfɪdənt/ · [ˈkʰɑɱ.fə.dənt] · /ˈkɔnfɪɖəɳʈ/ · /kənfɪˈɖɛɳʈ/
Definition of confident
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Very sure of something; positive.
“I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.”
“He was confident of success.”
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adj
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Very sure of something; positive.
“I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.”
“He was confident of success.”
- Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
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(derogatory, obsolete)Forward, impudent.
“I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night.”
noun
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(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete 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”
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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.
Words you can make from confident
195 playable · top: CONFINED (14 pts)
Best play confined 14 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
23 words- COIFED 12 pts
- CONFIT 11 pts
- INFECT 11 pts
- FINNED 10 pts
- FOETID 10 pts
- FOINED 10 pts
- CODEIN 9 pts
- COEDIT 9 pts
- COINED 9 pts
- CONNED 9 pts
- DOCENT 9 pts
- CONINE 8 pts
- INCENT 8 pts
- NEONIC 8 pts
- NOCENT 8 pts
- NOETIC 8 pts
- NOTICE 8 pts
- DENTIN 7 pts
- INDENT 7 pts
- INTEND 7 pts
- TENDON 7 pts
- TINNED 7 pts
- INTONE 6 pts
5-letter words
31 words- FETID 9 pts
- FIEND 9 pts
- FINED 9 pts
- CITED 8 pts
- CODEN 8 pts
- CONED 8 pts
- COTED 8 pts
- DICOT 8 pts
- EDICT 8 pts
- FEINT 8 pts
- OFTEN 8 pts
- CENTO 7 pts
- CONIN 7 pts
- CONTE 7 pts
- NONCE 7 pts
- ONCET 7 pts
- ONTIC 7 pts
- TONIC 7 pts
- DONNE 6 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- INNED 6 pts
- NOTED 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- TONDI 6 pts
- TONED 6 pts
- NITON 5 pts
- NONET 5 pts
- TENNO 5 pts
- TENON 5 pts
- TONNE 5 pts
4-letter words
67 words- COFT 9 pts
- COIF 9 pts
- FICE 9 pts
- FICO 9 pts
- FOCI 9 pts
- DEFI 8 pts
- DEFT 8 pts
- FEND 8 pts
- FEOD 8 pts
- FIDO 8 pts
- FIND 8 pts
- FOND 8 pts
- CEDI 7 pts
- CODE 7 pts
- COED 7 pts
- DECO 7 pts
- DICE 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FINO 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FONT 7 pts
- ICED 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- ODIC 7 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- CONN 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINO 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
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- DOIT 5 pts
- DONE 5 pts
- DOTE 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NODE 5 pts
- NODI 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- TOED 5 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
3-letter words
45 words- DEF 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- COD 6 pts
- DOC 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- OFT 6 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- DOE 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- DOT 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- ODE 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- TOD 4 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
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