confidence
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
Types & categories
- certainty hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
I have confidence in our team
Types & categories
- security hypernym
Related & opposite
- diffidence antonym
- confident attribute
- shy attribute
- confidential derivation
Sense 3 noun
a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
public confidence in the economy
Types & categories
- hopefulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- confident derivation
Sense 4 noun
a trustful relationship
he took me into his confidence
Types & categories
- friendship hypernym
Related & opposite
- entrust derivation
- confidential derivation
- trusty derivation
Sense 5 noun
a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
everyone trusted him with their confidences
Types & categories
- secret hypernym
Related & opposite
- confide derivation
- confidential derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | sure |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | uncertain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confident |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-assured |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sure |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | certainty |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | diffidence |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | confident |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | shy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidential |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | security |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confident |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hopefulness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | entrust |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trusty |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | friendship |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confide |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confidential |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | secret |