confident

/ˈkɑnfədənt/

/ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

If you're confident you are sure about something, someone, or yourself. He was confident he could keep his balance and cross the river on the skinny log, but he wasn't so confident that the log was strong enough to hold him.

Confident is often a word of assurance. Someone may ask, "Are you sure that's the right way to do it?" and then, just to be assured, they might say, "So, you're confident that's the right wire to cut so the bomb doesn't blow?" Being really sure of something or being sure of yourself is being confident. "He held his head high, but not in an arrogant or show-off way; he was just confident about who he was. He liked himself."

Definitions of confident

1. adjective

   having or marked by confidence or assurance
   “a confident speaker”

   “a confident reply”

   “his manner is more confident these days”

   “confident of fulfillment”

   synonyms:

   assured

   marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence

   cocksure, overconfident, positive

   marked by excessive confidence

   reassured

   having confidence restored; freed from anxiety

   self-assured, self-confident

   showing poise and confidence in your own worth

   antonyms:

   diffident

   lacking self-confidence
2. adjective

   not liable to error in judgment or action
   synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted

   capable

   (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability
3. adjective

   persuaded of; very sure
   “was confident he would win”

   synonyms: convinced, positive

   certain, sure

   having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured