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Synonyms & Antonyms of confidence
1
great faith in oneself or one's abilities
- a lifelong confidence that enabled her to achieve great things despite powerful obstacles
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- cockiness,
- complacence,
- complacency,
- conceit,
- conceitedness,
- ego,
- egoism,
- egotism,
- hubris,
- overconfidence,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- self-admiration,
- self-applause,
- self-assumption,
- self-complacency,
- self-conceit,
- self-consequence,
- self-content,
- self-contentment,
- self-glorification,
- self-importance,
- self-opinion,
- self-partiality,
- self-satisfaction,
- smugness,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory,
- vanity
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2
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
- the confidence with which the game show contestant answered every question
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3
firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something
- as players, we have complete confidence in our coach
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4
information shared only with another or with a select few
- accused him of betraying an important confidence
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The first known use of confidence was in the 14th century
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