self-confident
/sˌɛlfkˈɑnfədənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.37 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way."
- "Alternatively, one could hope that Californication works: that large numbers of people of immensely diverse racial, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds really can mix and blend while yet retaining a sufficiently common civic culture for America to survive as a free, democratic and self-confident nation."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English confident English self-confident From self- + confident.
Inflected Forms
more self-confident (comparative)
most self-confident (superlative)