confidentadjective
uk/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dənt/us/ˈkɑːn.fə.dənt/B1 having confidence:
Be a bit more confident in yourself!
They don't sound confident about the future of the industry.
I'm confident of his skills as a manager.
[ + that ] Are you confident that enough people will attend the event?
It was a confident performance.
More examples
- She is a confident and practised speaker who always impresses her audience.
- Wales are supremely confident of winning the match.
- The police are confident that this new line of inquiry will lead them to the murderer.
- The most important rule in life is always to appear confident.
- His confident leadership inspired his followers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertiveness training
- assured
- brass
- breezy
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- ego
- forwardness
- hold your head (up) high idiom
- inadequacy
- positively
- safe
- sassy
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- self-belief
- self-confident
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confidently
adverb uk/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dənt.li/us/ˈkɑːn.fə.dənt.li/
B2
Try to act confidently, even if you feel nervous.