[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confident \con"fident\, n.
   see confidant. --south. --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
confidant 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

confident
     adj 1: having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident
            speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more
            confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
            ant: unconfident
     2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to
        their advantage to join"; "i am positive he is lying";
        "was confident he would win" syn: convincedp, positivep,
         confidentp
     3: not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted
        of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- walter
        lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"-
        michiko kakutani syn: surefooted
see also:
unconfident convincedp positivep confidentp surefooted 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

123 moby thesaurus words for "confident":
   agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative,
   anticipatory, arrogant, aspiring, assured, awaiting, aweless,
   balanced, believing, bold, brash, brave, certain, cocksure, cocky,
   collected, composed, convinced, cool, courageous, dauntless,
   decided, determined, devout, dogmatic, doubtless, dreadless, eager,
   equanimous, equilibrious, expectant, expecting, faithful, fearless,
   fideistic, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope,
   gaping, hopeful, hoping, hubristic, impressed with,
   in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, intrepid,
   levelheaded, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised,
   of good cheer, of good hope, optimistic, overconfident, oversure,
   overweening, perky, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, poised,
   pompous, positive, prepared, presuming, proud, pushful, pushy,
   ready, reassured, recollected, reliant, sanguine, satisfied,
   secure, self-assertive, self-assured, self-confident,
   self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant,
   self-restrained, sold on, sure, together, unafraid, unapprehensive,
   unbashful, undaunted, under the impression, undespairing,
   undiffident, undoubtful, undoubting, unfaltering, unfearful,
   unfearing, unfrightened, unhesitating, unscared, unshy,
   unsurprised, unterrified, untimid, untimorous, unwavering, uppity,
   valiant, waiting, waiting for, watching for, well-balanced

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