Dictionary

self-confident en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English confident English self-confident From self- + confident.

Meanings

1. Confident in one's own abilities.
   • Alternatively, one could hope that Californication works: that large numbers of people of immensely diverse racial, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds really can mix and blend while yet retaining a sufficiently common civic culture for America to survive as a free, democratic and self-confident nation. 2003 August 14, Timothy Garton Ash, “God's crucible”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021:
   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

insecure

Deriveds

self-confidently

Synonyms

selfsecure

Translations (50)

de selbstbewusst (confident in one's abilities) · es tener autoconfianza (confident in one's abilities) · es seguro de sí mismo (confident in one's abilities) · id percaya diri (confident in one's abilities) · fa با اعتمادبهنفس (confident in one's abilities) · es autoconfiado (confident in one's abilities) · ro încrezător (confident in one's abilities) · ga féinmhuiníneach (confident in one's abilities) · hu magabiztos (confident in one's abilities) · es lleno de autoconfianza (confident in one's abilities) · kmr jixwebawer (confident in one's abilities) · es tener confianza en sí mismo (confident in one's abilities) · sv självsäker (confident in one's abilities) · sh samoùveren (confident in one's abilities) · mi māia (confident in one's abilities) · nl zelfverzekerd (confident in one's abilities) · it baldo (confident in one's abilities) · it sicuro di sé (confident in one's abilities) · ca segur (confident in one's abilities) · de selbstsicher (confident in one's abilities) · sh самоуверен (confident in one's abilities) · mi whakatoatoa (confident in one's abilities) · es lleno de confianza de sí mismo (confident in one's abilities) · ru уве́ренный в себе́ (confident in one's abilities) · it spigliato (confident in one's abilities) · it baldanzoso (confident in one's abilities) · ja 自信がある (confident in one's abilities) · gl afouto (confident in one's abilities) · cs sebevědomý (confident in one's abilities) · sh самопоуздан (confident in one's abilities) · fi itsevarma (confident in one's abilities) · pt seguro de si (confident in one's abilities) · nb selvsikker (confident in one's abilities) · hi आत्मविश्वासी (confident in one's abilities) · tr özgüvenli (confident in one's abilities) · hy ինքնավստահ (confident in one's abilities) · eo memcerta (confident in one's abilities) · sh samoùvjeren (confident in one's abilities) · ca segur de sí mateix (confident in one's abilities) · tr kendinden emin (confident in one's abilities) · is sjálfsöruggur (confident in one's abilities) · ko 자신 있다 (confident in one's abilities) · pl pewny siebie (confident in one's abilities) · es sentirse autoconfiado (confident in one's abilities) · sh самоувјерен (confident in one's abilities) · cmn 自信 (confident in one's abilities) · sh samopòuzdān (confident in one's abilities) · es autoseguro (confident in one's abilities) · ka თავდაჯერებული (confident in one's abilities) · fr sûr de soi (confident in one's abilities)