as in confident
having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities
he's a self-assured yachtsman who's not at all intimidated by the competition
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Recent Examples of self-assured
Because when volume is understood and mastered, there is no outfit that doesn’t look self-assured.
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Alex Sales, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2026
In several episodes, viewers see participants acting decisively and self-assured in private conversations, only to show up to the roundtable and completely change their thinking.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
Eight years after launching her eponymous cosmetics brand Westman Atelier, the makeup artist feels more self-assured than ever.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Kelly would do well to study the kind of subtle resistance that Gummer puts up here; even if John was less self-assured, Caroline’s reactions seem more alive.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Professionals who are self-assured don’t need to perform credibility.
—Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
This is Louisville cooking at its most self-assured—global in influence, local in execution, and uninterested in chasing trends for the sake of it.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
Slimmer and more self-assured now, dressed in suits and a tie, always charming and polite, Ramírez made more of an impression when accompanying his mother to diplomatic functions on the Latin American cocktail circuit.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
But his sophomore album, 2022’s Faith in the Future, was more vibrant and self-assured, giving Tomlinson his first top 5 entry on the Billboard 200 chart.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Alex Sales, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2026
In several episodes, viewers see participants acting decisively and self-assured in private conversations, only to show up to the roundtable and completely change their thinking.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
Eight years after launching her eponymous cosmetics brand Westman Atelier, the makeup artist feels more self-assured than ever.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Kelly would do well to study the kind of subtle resistance that Gummer puts up here; even if John was less self-assured, Caroline’s reactions seem more alive.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Professionals who are self-assured don’t need to perform credibility.
—Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
This is Louisville cooking at its most self-assured—global in influence, local in execution, and uninterested in chasing trends for the sake of it.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
Slimmer and more self-assured now, dressed in suits and a tie, always charming and polite, Ramírez made more of an impression when accompanying his mother to diplomatic functions on the Latin American cocktail circuit.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
But his sophomore album, 2022’s Faith in the Future, was more vibrant and self-assured, giving Tomlinson his first top 5 entry on the Billboard 200 chart.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-assured
confident
Adjective
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Regardless of whether the debt is fraudulent, that check can provide a more confident understanding of what’s going on.—
William Tong,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The athlete himself also has a confident gait—still lanky and long-limbed in that teenage way, but assured.—
Nick Remsen,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Self-assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-assured. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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