Dictionary

overconfident en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English confident English overconfident From over- + confident.

Meanings

1. Too confident.
   • By propagating a "reality distortion field"—that is, mesmerizing potential employees, investors, and strategic partners so they focus on a startup's world-changing potential rather than on its real-world risks—overconfident and charismatic founders in particular are able to persuade people to commit resources under terms favorable to their new venture. 2021, Tom Eisenmann, Why Startups Fail, Crown, →ISBN, page 41:
   • The downturn triggered by putting everyday life on hold to halt the infection should, we were told, be V-shaped: a shock, but one from which we’d soon bounce back. Like many comforting predictions in the early days of this pandemic, that is beginning to look alarmingly over-confident. 2020 April 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “We used to moan about normal life, now our fear is we'll never get it back”, in The Guardian:
2. (also, qualifier:via understatement, sometimes) Too confident. ▸ Presumptuous, cocksure, rude, and disrespectful.
   • Near-synonyms: insolent, conceited, foolhardy, cocky

Forms

Antonyms

underconfident · unconfident · meek · timid · underconfident · unconfident

Coordinates

confident · confident · self-assured · self-assured

Deriveds

overconfidently

Synonyms

foolhardy · overweening · overweening · arrogant · cocky · conceited · insolent

Translations (40)

de überheblich (too confident) · eo tro certa (too confident) · fr outrecuidant (too confident) · sv övermodig (too confident) · es confiado (too confident) · de unverschämt (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · sv tvärsäker (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · nl overmoedig (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de unbescheiden (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de arrogant (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · ga mórchúiseach (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · la praefīdens (too confident) · de vermessen (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de unhöflich (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · fi liian itsevarma (too confident) · fr présomptueux (too confident) · de dreist (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (too confident) · eo tro memfida (too confident) · de anmaßend (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de respektlos (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de überheblich (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · fi itsevarma (too confident) · fi itsevarma (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · cmn 無禮的 /无礼的 (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · fr arrogant (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · ga mórtasach (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · ca refiat (too confident) · eo tro memcerta (too confident) · de verächtlich (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · mi whakatoatoa (too confident) · ru самонаде́янный (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de stolz (too confident) · fr condescendant (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · ga rómhuiníneach (too confident) · de anmaßend (too confident) · fr présomptueux (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · fr sec (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful) · de vermessen (too confident) · cmn 過於自信的 /过于自信的 (too confident)