Synonyms for confidence
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Noun
1. Self-confidence — self-assurance
self-confidence, self-assurance, faith, assurance, certainty, courage, sureness, hope, belief, expectation, boldness, self-reliance, authority, credit, security, face, credence, reliance, dependence
Definitions
- n. 1
Self-assurance.
He entered the ring with confidence.
Forms
- Plural
- confidences → self-confidences, faiths, assurances, certainties…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- faith All the members but me have faith in what he says.
- assurance For quality assurance, this call may be recorded.
- trust Trust people, but don't take candy from strangers.
- resting Turks have returned, resting on the mountain side.
By length
- 4 letters
- face1, hope1
- 5 letters
- trust1, faith1
- 6 letters
- credit2, belief2
- 7 letters
- courage2, resting2
- 8 letters
- security4, reliance3, credence2, boldness2, sureness
- 9 letters
- authority4, assurance3, certainty3
- 10 letters
- dependence3
- 11 letters
- expectation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (credit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- confidence
- Italiano
- confidenza