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Synonyms for self-confidence

  • noun

Most common

self-assurance confidence assurance sureness

All synonyms

Noun

1. Self-assurance

self-assurance, confidence, assurance, sureness, authority

Other

pride, self-sufficiency

Antonyms

self-doubt, insecurity, diffidence

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The state or degree of being self-confident: believing in one's own abilities.

Forms

Plural
self-confidences → confidences, assurances, surenesses, authorities…

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Self-Confidence, Assurance or Self-Reliance?

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.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • authority I don't have the authority to give you permission.
  • confidence Tom said he didn't have the confidence to do that.
  • pride Italians take pride in their dress and appearance.

By length

5 letters
pride1
8 letters
sureness
9 letters
authority4, assurance3
10 letters
confidence3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (authority4 = 4 syllables).