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overconfident

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of overconfident

foolishly adventurous or bold

The overconfident quarterback made some careless decisions that cost him the game.

Synonyms of overconfident

audacious, brash, daredevil, foolhardy, madcap, overbold, reckless

Words Related to overconfident

adventuresome, adventurous, bold, daring, venturesome, venturous

impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, rash

brainless, foolish, harebrained, scatterbrained

careless, heedless, thoughtless

hasty, headlong, precipitate

Near Antonyms of overconfident

unadventurous, unambitious

fainthearted, fearful, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid, timorous

calm, cool, levelheaded, sensible

chicken, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, lily-livered, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

Antonyms of overconfident

careful, cautious, circumspect, guarded, heedful, prudent, safe, wary

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