confidence

Nouns

  • (n) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
    • his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
    • after that failure he lost his confidence
    • she spoke with authority
    assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness, authority,
  • (n) a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
    • I have confidence in our team
    • confidence is always borrowed, never owned
  • (n) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
    • public confidence in the economy
  • (n) a trustful relationship
    • he took me into his confidence
    • he betrayed their trust
    trust,
  • (n) a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
    • everyone trusted him with their confidences
    • the priest could not reveal her confidences

Synonyms

assurance self-assurance self-confidence sureness authority trust

Antonyms

diffidence self-distrust self-doubt

Words of close approximity

confident
confidence game confidence man confidence trick