confidence

noun

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

Self-assurance.

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

(dated) Boldness; presumption.

Roots

fidesfid- · Latin · faith, trust

Synonyms for confidence

trustn surenessn assurancen overconfidencen faithn assurednessn reliancen certituden beliefn certaintyn credencen hopefulnessn positivenessn aplombn convictionn

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Where does confidence come from?

The word confidence breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root fid-, from Latin fides (“faith, trust”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.