| NOUN | cognition | confidence, assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness | freedom from doubt |
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| feeling | confidence | a feeling of trust (in someone or something) | |
| state | confidence | a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable | |
| state | confidence, trust | a trustful relationship | |
| communication | confidence | a secret that is confided or entrusted to another |
| Sounds | kaa'nfahdahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. | |
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| Example | "after that failure he lost his confidence" | |
| Synonyms | assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness | |
| Attributes | certain, sure | Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty |
| uncertain, unsure, incertain | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance | |
| Broader | certainty | The state of being certain |
| Spanish | aplomo, autoconfianza, autoridad, certeza, certidumbre, confianza en sí mismo, confianza, convicción, seguridad en sí mismo, seguridad | |
| Catalan | autoconfiança, confiança en si mateix, seguretat en si mateix | |
| Adjectives | confident | having or marked by confidence or assurance |
| Meaning | A feeling of trust (in someone or something). | |
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| Attributes | confident | Having or marked by confidence or assurance |
| diffident, shy, timid, unsure | Lacking self-confidence | |
| Broader | security | freedom from anxiety or fear |
| Opposite | diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust | lack of self-confidence |
| Spanish | confianza | |
| Catalan | confiança | |
| Adjectives | confidential | denoting confidence or intimacy |
| Meaning | A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable. | |
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| Example | "public confidence in the economy" | |
| Broader | hopefulness | Full of hope / hope |
| Spanish | confianza | |
| Catalan | confiança | |
| Adjectives | confident | having or marked by confidence or assurance |
| Meaning | A trustful relationship. | |
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| Example | "he took me into his confidence" | |
| Synonym | trust | |
| Broader | friendship, friendly relationship | The state of being friends (or friendly) |
| Spanish | confianza, fe | |
| Catalan | confiança, fe | |
| Adjectives | confidential | entrusted with private / private information and the confidence of another |
| Verbs | confide | confer a trust upon |
| Meaning | A secret that is confided or entrusted to another. | |
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| Broader | secret | Something that should remain hidden / hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) |
| Spanish | confidencia | |
| Catalan | confidència | |
| Adjectives | confidential | (of information) given in confidence or in secret |
| Verbs | confide | reveal in private |
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