Nouns (12)
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confidence
n. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
confidence
n. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"
confidence
n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"
Confidence
n. [includes concepts related to a strong reliance or trust]
confidence, trust
n. a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
n. 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"
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Fuzzynyms (109)
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dependence, dependance, dependency
n. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
confidence, trust
n. a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
n. 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"
reliance, trust
n. certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"
security
n. the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security"
certainty
n. the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"
hope
n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"
opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
philosophy
n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
conviction, strong belief, article of faith
n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
expectation, outlook, prospect
n. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
faith
n. loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
position, posture
n. a rationalized mental attitude
postulate, posit
n. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
inference, illation
n. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
supposition, supposal
n. the cognitive process of supposing
discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence
n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence
n. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
judgment, judgement, mind
n. an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"
promise, hope
n. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
belief
n. any cognitive content held as true
religion, faith, religious belief
n. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
belief, dogma, tenet
n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi
n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
creed, credo
n. any system of principles or beliefs
denomination
n. a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"
aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid
n. great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
optimism
n. a general disposition to expect the best in all things
faith
n. loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
dependence, dependance, dependency
n. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
confidence
n. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
n. 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"
reliance, trust
n. certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"
aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid
n. great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
dependence, dependance, dependency
n. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
confidence, trust
n. a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
confidence
n. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
n. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
domination, mastery, supremacy
n. power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"
command, control, mastery
n. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"
dominion, rule
n. dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"
security
n. the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security"
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Antonyms (13)
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diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust
n. lack of self-confidence
fear, fearfulness, fright
n. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
n. the state of being unsure of something
insecurity
n. the state of being subject to danger or injury
confidence
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