Standard Lemma guide

self-confident

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Confident in one's own abilities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

showing poise and confidence in your own worth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: self-assured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English confident English self-confident From self- + confident.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ինքնավստահ (inkʻnavstah) — confident in one's abilities
  • Catalan: segur — confident in one's abilities
  • Catalan: segur de sí mateix — confident in one's abilities
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自信 (zìxìn) — confident in one's abilities
  • Czech: sebevědomý — confident in one's abilities
  • Dutch: zelfverzekerd — confident in one's abilities
  • Esperanto: memcerta — confident in one's abilities
  • Finnish: itsevarma — confident in one's abilities
  • French: sûr de soi — confident in one's abilities
  • Galician: afouto — confident in one's abilities
  • Georgian: თავდაჯერებული (tavdaǯerebuli) — confident in one's abilities
  • German: selbstsicher — confident in one's abilities
  • German: selbstbewusst — confident in one's abilities
  • Hindi: आत्मविश्वासी (ātmaviśvāsī) — confident in one's abilities
  • Hungarian: magabiztos — confident in one's abilities
  • Icelandic: sjálfsöruggur — confident in one's abilities
  • Irish: féinmhuiníneach — confident in one's abilities
  • Italian: spigliato — confident in one's abilities
  • Italian: baldo — confident in one's abilities
  • Italian: baldanzoso — confident in one's abilities
  • Italian: sicuro di sé — confident in one's abilities
  • Japanese: 自信がある (jishin ga aru) — confident in one's abilities
  • Korean: 자신 있다 (jasin itda) — confident in one's abilities
  • Northern Kurdish: jixwebawer — confident in one's abilities
  • Māori: whakatoatoa — confident in one's abilities
  • Māori: māia — confident in one's abilities
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvsikker — confident in one's abilities
  • Persian: با اعتمادبهنفس (bâ e'temâd-be-nafs) — confident in one's abilities
  • Polish: pewny siebie — confident in one's abilities
  • Portuguese: seguro de si — confident in one's abilities
  • Romanian: încrezător — confident in one's abilities
  • Russian: уве́ренный в себе́ (uvérennyj v sebé) — confident in one's abilities
  • Serbo-Croatian: самопоуздан — confident in one's abilities
  • Serbo-Croatian: самоуверен — confident in one's abilities
  • Serbo-Croatian: самоувјерен — confident in one's abilities
  • Serbo-Croatian: samopòuzdān — confident in one's abilities
  • Serbo-Croatian: samoùveren — confident in one's abilities
  • Serbo-Croatian: samoùvjeren — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: seguro de sí mismo — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: autoseguro — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: autoconfiado — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: lleno de confianza de sí mismo — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: tener confianza en sí mismo — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: tener autoconfianza — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: lleno de autoconfianza — confident in one's abilities
  • Spanish: sentirse autoconfiado — confident in one's abilities
  • Swedish: självsäker — confident in one's abilities
  • Turkish: kendinden emin — confident in one's abilities
  • Turkish: özgüvenli — confident in one's abilities