adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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