confidence

Other forms of confidence

plural

confidences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about confidence

What does confidence mean?

confidence means "freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in confidence?

confidence has 3 syllables: con-fi-dence. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnfədəns/.

What is another word for confidence?

Close synonyms include assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of confidence?

The recorded antonyms are diffidence.

Is confidence a common word?

confidence is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with confidence?

1 word rhymes with confidence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.