Main Entry: con·fi·dent

Pronunciation: \ˈkän-fə-dənt, -ˌdent\

Function: 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

— con·fi·dent·ly adverb