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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
- Example: "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"
- Example: "after that failure he lost his confidence"
- Example: "she spoke with authority"
[syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Self-confidence \Self`-con"fi*dence\, n. The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. [1913 Webster] A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-confidence n 1: 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" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-confidence": aplomb, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, balance, belief, boastfulness, certitude, cockiness, cocksureness, conceit, confidence, confidentness, conviction, courage, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, face, faith, haughtiness, hubris, independence, level head, levelheadedness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pardonable pride, poise, pomposity, positiveness, possession, presence of mind, pride, pridefulness, proudness, purse-pride, restraint, sanguineness, security, self-assurance, self-command, self-consequence, self-control, self-esteem, self-importance, self-possession, self-reliance, self-respect, self-restraint, self-sufficiency, settled belief, stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, trust, vanity, well-regulated mind