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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CON'FIDENT, a.
1. Having full belief; trusting; relying; fully assured.
I am confident that much may be cone towards the improvement of philosophy.
The troops rush on, confident of success.
2. Positive; dogmatical; as a confident talker.
3. Trusting; without suspicion.
Rome, be as just and gracious unto me, as I am confident and kind to thee.
4. Bold to a vice; having an excess of assurance.
The fool rageth and is confident. Proverbs 14.
CON'FIDENT, n. One entrusted with secrets; a confidential or bosom friend.
[This word has been usually, but improperly, written confidant. I have followed the regular English orthography, as Coxe and Mitford have done.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment" [ant: diffident, shy, timid, unsure]
2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced, positive, confident]
3: not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani [syn: confident, surefooted, sure- footed]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin confident-, confidens, from present participle of confidere Date: circa 1567 1. full of conviction ; certain <confident of success> <confident that conditions will improve> 2. having or showing assurance and self-reliance <a confident young businessman> <a confident manner> 3. obsolete trustful, confiding • confidently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 feeling or showing confidence; self-assured, bold (spoke with a confident air). 2 (often foll. by of, or that + clause) assured, trusting (confident of your support; confident that he will come). --n. archaic = confidant. Derivatives: confidently adv. Etymology: F f. It. confidente (as confide)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Confident Con"fi*dent, n. See Confidant. --South. Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are confident about something, you are certain that it will happen in the way you want it to. I am confident that everything will come out right in time... Mr Ryan is confident of success... Management is confident about the way business is progressing. ? sceptical ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ prep • confidently I can confidently promise that this year is going to be very different. ADV: ADV with v 2. If a person or their manner is confident, they feel sure about their own abilities, qualities, or ideas. In time he became more confident and relaxed... = self-assured ADJ • confidently She walked confidently across the hall. ADV: usu ADV with v 3. If you are confident that something is true, you are sure that it is true. A confident statement is one that the speaker is sure is true. She is confident that everybody is on her side... 'Bet you I can', comes the confident reply. ADJ: oft ADJ that • confidently I can confidently say that none of them were or are racist. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Assured, certain, sure, positive, fully convinced, cocksure (colloq.). 2. Bold, presumptuous, sanguine.

Moby Thesaurus

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