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
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.
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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Usha Vance is confident and self-assured but is very much a woman who’s still coming to grips with her desire to live a somewhat normal life and the constraints of being married to one of the Republican Party’s most promising politicians.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Randall King’s direction is self-assured, staging that needs to lean heavily towards letting these four masterful chefs cook, providing a smorgasbord of the quad’s most famed hits.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
What was once dismissed as a slow-burn subtropical capital now feels dynamic and self-assured—a city in its prime.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
When the story begins in 1580, Will and Agnes are both arrestingly self-assured.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
Protecting their peace and remaining self-assured has become a priority.
—Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Usha Vance is confident and self-assured but is very much a woman who’s still coming to grips with her desire to live a somewhat normal life and the constraints of being married to one of the Republican Party’s most promising politicians.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Randall King’s direction is self-assured, staging that needs to lean heavily towards letting these four masterful chefs cook, providing a smorgasbord of the quad’s most famed hits.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
What was once dismissed as a slow-burn subtropical capital now feels dynamic and self-assured—a city in its prime.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
When the story begins in 1580, Will and Agnes are both arrestingly self-assured.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
Protecting their peace and remaining self-assured has become a priority.
—Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-assured
confident
Adjective
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Boyce is confident that as the season progresses and more results are in the computer, and as more teams get it together and report all of their results, the accuracy of the rankings will improve.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Lost Lambs is a confident if uneven start for a morbidly funny writer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Self-assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-assured. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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