poisenoun [ U ]
uk/pɔɪz/us/pɔɪz/approvingcalm confidence in a person's way of behaving, or a quality of grace (= moving in an attractive way) and balance in the way a person holds or moves their body:
He looked embarrassed for a moment, then quickly regained his poise.
Her confidence and poise show that she is a top model.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertiveness training
- assured
- brass
- breezy
- dogmatic
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- ego
- forwardness
- hold your head (up) high idiom
- positively
- safe
- sassy
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- self-belief
- self-confident
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