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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Confident \Con"fi*dent\, noun See {Confidant}. --South. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
confident
adjective
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: {convinced(p)}, {positive(p)}, {confident(p)}]
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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