confident

/ˈkän-fə-dənt/

borrowed from Latin confīdent-, confīdens "trusting in oneself, assured, presumptuous," from present participle of confīdere "to put trust in, have confidence in, be sure"

adjective

  1. full of conviction : certain

  2. having or showing assurance and self-reliance

  3. trustful, confiding

confident of success

noun

  1. confidence in oneself and in one's powers and abilities