ultraconfident

5.8

Very sure about yourself and what you can do

adjective
/ˌʌltrəˈkɒnfɪdənt/

: ultraconfidente

He walked into the interview room looking ultraconfident and ready for any question.

Examples

Her ultraconfident attitude inspired the rest of the team to believe in themselves.
She is ultraconfident in her skills.
Despite being new to the company, he was ultraconfident in his abilities to succeed.
His ultraconfident attitude impressed everyone.
She approached the interview with an ultraconfident attitude, certain that she would impress the panel.
His ultraconfident demeanor made it easy for him to command the attention of the audience.
To succeed in sales, being ultraconfident about your product can greatly influence potential clients.

Synonyms

confident

vsultraconfident

715 2.5

Feeling sure about yourself or what will happen

is a much stronger, extreme degree of certainty about abilities

arrogant

vsultraconfident

260 4.5

Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people

is extreme surety without the overbearing or disrespectful behaviour

cocky

vsultraconfident

Informal

99 4.2

Being too confident and acting proud so other people dislike you

is extreme surety without the informal bold attitude

conceited

vsultraconfident

24 5.4

Thinking you are much better than other people

is extreme confidence focused on ability certainty rather than vanity

egotistical

vsultraconfident

Offensive

24 6.6

Seeing yourself as much more important than other people

is extreme surety about abilities rather than general self centeredness

overconfident

vsultraconfident

19 5.3

To believe you can do more than you really can

is extreme surety without necessarily implying error or excess

self-important

vsultraconfident

13 5.8

Acting as if you are better than other people

is extreme confidence about abilities not just inflated self value

self-assured

vsultraconfident

11 4.1

Confident about your abilities and decisions

is more extreme certainty rather than calm steady assurance

self-confident

vsultraconfident

11 3.2

Feeling sure about your own abilities and worth

is stronger extreme certainty rather than general steady assurance

supercilious

vsultraconfident

4 8.9

Acting as if you are better than other people

is extreme self certainty rather than showing contempt for others

cocksure

vsultraconfident

3 8.2

Being too confident in a proud, annoying way

is extreme self certainty but without the clear arrogance emphasis

vainglorious

vsultraconfident

Literature

3 9.9

Bragging too much about how great you think you are

is extreme belief in ability rather than public boastfulness

too big for one's britches

vsultraconfident

Informal

3 9.1

Acting more important than you really are

is extreme surety without the idiomatic or mocking tone

overweening

vsultraconfident

Formal

2 9.8

Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you

is extreme surety without the strong unrestrained pride element

hubristic

vsultraconfident

Formal

1 8.4

Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions

is extreme surety without the moral or downfall implication

egotistic

vsultraconfident

Offensive

1 7.2

Thinking you are more important than other people

is extreme certainty about skills more than broad self interest

superconfident

vsultraconfident

Informal

5.2

Feeling very sure about your abilities and success

is the same extreme surety expressed by a different form

full of oneself

vsultraconfident

Informal

6.9

Thinking you are better than other people

is extreme self certainty but not only a boastful attitude

self-conceited

vsultraconfident

7.7

Thinking you are better than other people

is extreme certainty about skills more than sheer vanity

self-complacent

vsultraconfident

8.5

Being too satisfied with yourself and not seeing your mistakes

is extreme surety but focused on certainty rather than inward satisfaction

too big for one's boots

vsultraconfident

8.2

Acting more confident and important than you really are

is extreme certainty about ability not just boasting or acting above others

Antonyms

insecure

131 3.4

Not confident about yourself or your skills

doubtful

25 3.0

Not sure about something and not ready to believe it

How Confident

ultraconfident

5.8

self-assured

11 4.1

confident

715 2.5

unsure

89 1.5

insecure

131 3.4

Surface Forms

ultraconfident positive

Morphology

ultraconfident = confident (transparent) = ultra + confide + ent

The word is transparently formed by adding ultra- to confident to mean 'extremely confident'.

Etymology

The word ultraconfident joins the prefix ultra-, which means 'beyond' or 'very' and appears in words like ultraviolet, with confident ('trusting yourself'), so it means being 'extremely' sure of your abilities.