Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confident"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confident \Con"fi*dent\, n.
See {Confidant}. --South. Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confident
adj 1: having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident
speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more
confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
[ant: {unconfident}]
2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to
their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying";
"was confident he would win" [syn: {convinced(p)}, {positive(p)},
{confident(p)}]
3: not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted
of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter
Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"-
Michiko Kakutani [syn: {surefooted}]
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