| Self-confidence (n.) The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. Thesaurus Entries aplomb, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, balance, belief, boastfulness, certitude, cockiness, cocksureness, conceit, confidence, confidentness, conviction, courage, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, face, faith, haughtiness, hubris, independence, level head, levelheadedness, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pardonable pride, poise, pomposity, positiveness, possession, presence of mind, pride, pridefulness, proudness, purse-pride, restraint, sanguineness, security, self-assurance, self-command, self-consequence, self-control, self-esteem, self-importance, self-possession, self-reliance, self-respect, self-restraint, self-sufficiency, settled belief, stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, trust, vanity, well-regulated mind |