self-confident meaning

Definition of self-confident

1. showing poise and confidence in your own worth
   • hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident

   Synonyms: self-assured

   Similar: confident

   Related forms: self-confidence

self-confident in a sentence

• I resent the self-confident nations.
• They seem extremely self-confident.
• He is the most self-confident, which is why the journalist latched onto him.
• You're a self-confident fellow.
• It's a terrible shame that fools are so self-confident and the wise are full of doubt.

How to pronounce self-confident

self-confident is pronounced /ˌsɛlfˈkɑnfədənt/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.