Synonyms of self-doubt

self-doubt

noun

as in insecurity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insecurity
• diffidence
• self-distrust
• doubt
• misgiving
• apprehension

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confidence
• self-confidence
• assurance
• self-esteem
• self-assurance
• self-trust
• self-assuredness
• complacency
• aplomb
• egotism
• ego
• smugness
• overconfidence
• hubris
• egoism
• cockiness
• vanity
• pride
• self-satisfaction
• conceit
• complacence
• pomposity
• vainglory
• self-importance
• conceitedness
• self-admiration
• pridefulness
• pompousness
• self-complacency
• self-conceit
• self-opinion
• self-glorification
• self-contentment
• self-content
• vaingloriousness
• self-applause
• equanimity
• composure
• coolness
• calmness
• self-assumption
• self-consequence
• self-partiality

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of self-doubt

With these insights, any leader can learn how to overcome self-doubt and step fully into their essential role. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

In other words, failure on an international scale Predicting that Joe Biden’s presidency would be a disaster on the world stage was a rare political forecast that did not cause me painful spasms of self-doubt. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024

Sully never questions the man’s heroism, but Sully himself does, and Hanks’s portrayal is one in which self-doubt eats away at the character — which, coupled with having just survived a horrifying ordeal, leaves him feeling discombobulated and adrift. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024

But in his latest role, Magnussen, 39, finally has found something a little more relatable, one that simultaneously fuels his character’s ego and leaves him plagued by self-doubt. —Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024