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Synonyms & Antonyms of self-confidence
great faith in oneself or one's abilities
- for so young a pianist, he has remarkable composure and self-confidence on stage
Synonyms for self-confidence
Words Related to self-confidence
- 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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“Self-confidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-confidence. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of self-confidence was in 1604
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