'Self-confidence' definitions:
Definition of 'self-confidence'
From: WordNet
noun
Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]
Definition of 'Self-confidence'
From: GCIDE
- Self-confidence \Self`-con"fi*dence\, n. The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. [1913 Webster]
- A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-confidence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aplomb,
- arrogance,
- assurance,
- assuredness,
- balance,
- belief,
- boastfulness,
- certitude,
- cockiness,
- cocksureness,
- conceit,
- confidence,
- confidentness,
- conviction,
- courage,
- equability,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- face,
- faith,
- haughtiness,
- hubris,
- independence,
- level head,
- levelheadedness,
- overconfidence,
- oversureness,
- overweening,
- overweeningness,
- pardonable pride,
- poise,
- pomposity,
- positiveness,
- possession,
- presence of mind,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- proudness,
- purse-pride,
- restraint,
- sanguineness,
- security,
- self-assurance,
- self-command,
- self-consequence,
- self-control,
- self-esteem,
- self-importance,
- self-possession,
- self-reliance,
- self-respect,
- self-restraint,
- self-sufficiency,
- settled belief,
- stiff-necked pride,
- stiff-neckedness,
- subjective certainty,
- sureness,
- surety,
- trust,
- vanity,
- well-regulated mind