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confident
Synonyms: 

assured, certain, intrepid, positive, secure, self-asserting, self-assured, self-confident, self-reliant.

Related Words: 

bold, brave, convinced, courageous, dauntless, fearless, high, hopeful, intrepid, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sanguine, satisfied, sure, upbeat.

Antonyms: 

diffident, ​modest, insecure, self-distrustful, self-doubting, shy.

Origin:

1570–80; < Latin confīdent- (stem of confīdēns), present participle of confīdere. See confide, -ent. Dictionary 2: C16: from Latin confīdens trusting, having self-confidence, from confīdere to have complete trust in; see confide. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use: circa 1567. History and Etymology: borrowed from Latin confīdent-, confīdens "trusting in oneself, assured, presumptuous," from present participle of confīdere "to put trust in, have confidence in, be sure" — more at confide. —Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

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