Synonyms for confidence
ˈkɒn fɪ dənscon·fi·dence

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1. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

2. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

3. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

4. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

5. confidencenoun

   Antonyms:
   fear

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1. confidence

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, assurance, boldness, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, self-reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. confidence

   Synonyms:
   trust, faith, belief, self-reliance, assurance, dependence, reliance

   Antonyms:
   distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, surenessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   potency, pledge, sanction, dominance, assurance, authorization, trust, self-confidence, say-so, self-assurance, federal agency, agency, bureau, sureness, government agency, office, authority, authorisation

   Antonyms:
   self-distrust, self-doubt, diffidence

2. confidencenoun

   a feeling of trust (in someone or something)

   "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, trust, authority, assurance, sureness

   Antonyms:
   self-doubt, self-distrust, diffidence

3. confidencenoun

   a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable

   "public confidence in the economy"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, trust, authority, assurance, sureness

   Antonyms:
   diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt

4. confidence, trustnoun

   a trustful relationship

   "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"

   Synonyms:
   assurance, reliance, self-assurance, faith, trustfulness, corporate trust, cartel, trustingness, authority, trust, self-confidence, combine, sureness

   Antonyms:
   self-doubt, self-distrust, diffidence

5. confidencenoun

   a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

   "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"

   Synonyms:
   self-confidence, self-assurance, trust, authority, assurance, sureness

   Antonyms:
   self-distrust, diffidence, self-doubt

Matched Categories

1. • Friendship
   • Hopefulness
   • Secret
   • Security

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. confidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   trust, faith, belief, reliance, dependence

2. confidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   boldness, courage, intrepidity, assurance, firmness, self-reliance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. confidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   reliance, trust, faith, dependence, assurance, certainty

   Antonyms:
   doubt

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1. List of paraphrases for "confidence":

   trust, faith, trusted, confidence-building, confidence-, self-confidence, confident, trusting, reliance, credibility, belief, certainty, mistrust, trustworthy, confidence, assurance, distrust

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1. Leib Lazarow:

   Who has confidence in himself will gain the confidene of others.

2. Chris Paul:

   I think it’s big for all of us, these games build confidence and trust and that’s what it comes down to in the playoffs.

3. Brooke Burke:

   The goal is to use your own body weight with no equipment … We’re trying to eliminate the excuse factor so that people can come into a program and conquer it. I think that creates self-confidence, as well as the desire to want to get up and do it again.

4. Vassili Serebriakov:

   There's a little bit more confidence with being long dollars because U.S. yields are rising again, markets are now leaning towards a tone from the Fed that would be dollar supportive.

5. Biden TransitionBiden:

   I look forward to the second shot, and I have absolute confidence in the vaccine, but we're in short supply. Taking the vaccine from a vial into the arm of millions of Americans is one of the biggest operational challenges the United States has ever faced.