confident

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪd(ə)nt/

adjective

  • 1feeling or showing confidence in oneself or one’s abilities or qualities: she was a confident, outgoing girl people who are confident in their identity
  • 2feeling or showing certainty about something: this time they’re confident of a happy ending I am not very confident about tonight’s game

noun

archaic
  • a confidant.

Derivatives

confidently

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century: from French confident(e), from Italian confidente, from Latin confident- 'having full trust', from the verb confidere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere 'trust'

Do not confuse confident with confidant. Confident means 'believing that you can do things well' ( a confident, outgoing girl), whereas confidant means 'a person that you tell private or secret things to' ( she was a close confidant of the princess).