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overconfident

overconfident

19 5.3
To believe you can do more than you really can
  • adjective
  • /ˌoʊvərˈkɒnfɪdənt/
translation icon : demasiado confiado
  • He was overconfident about winning the race, believing he didn't need to train.
  • somewhat overconfident

So I don't, I don't, I don't mock them for being overconfident.

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Examples

  • I fear Pugsley is overconfident and doesn't truly understand the importance of this tradition.

  • Investors are often wildly overconfident about what's going to happen.

  • Oh, no, I got overconfident, and I broke up with her.

  • Like a very, very overconfident kid.

  • "All of us were overconfident, and that was my fault."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Perhaps we were overconfident due to our quiet and successful past.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The point is I was proud, overconfident.

  • In particular, I was thought to be extremely overconfident.

  • Overall, it's better to be overconfident because at least one is gaining experience.

    Blog text (12)
  • Don't get overconfident.

Synonyms

arrogant
vsoverconfident
260 4.5

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

is excess confidence but less necessarily overbearing or disrespectful
cocky
vsoverconfident
  • Informal
99 4.2

Being too confident and acting proud so other people dislike you

is strong self-belief but less focused on bold, brash style
complacent
vsoverconfident
44 6.4

Too satisfied with yourself so you ignore problems or danger

is excess confidence about ability rather than simple satisfied contentment
conceited
vsoverconfident
24 5.4

Thinking you are much better than other people

is excess confidence aimed at ability rather than self image
egotistical
vsoverconfident
  • Offensive
24 6.6

Seeing yourself as much more important than other people

is excess confidence more about ability than constant self focus
self-important
vsoverconfident
13 5.8

Acting as if you are better than other people

is excess confidence more about ability belief than status claiming
cocksure
vsoverconfident
3 8.2

Being too confident in a proud, annoying way

is excess confidence without always sounding presumptuous
vainglorious
vsoverconfident
  • Literature
3 9.9

Bragging too much about how great you think you are

is excess confidence centered on skills rather than boastful display
too big for one's britches
vsoverconfident
  • Informal
3 9.1

Acting more important than you really are

is excess confidence but can be less about acting superior
overweening
vsoverconfident
  • Formal
2 9.8

Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you

is excess confidence but not always linked to grand ambition
egotistic
vsoverconfident
  • Offensive
1 7.2

Thinking you are more important than other people

is excess confidence that may not always be self-centered
hubristic
vsoverconfident
  • Formal
1 8.4

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

is excess confidence focused on ability rather than proud arrogance
overreaching
vsoverconfident
1 7.3

Trying to do more than is reasonable or possible

is excess confidence about ability rather than a plan to overreach
ultraconfident
vsoverconfident
5.8

Very sure about yourself and what you can do

is excessive confidence but not always at the extreme level
superconfident
vsoverconfident
  • Informal
5.2

Feeling very sure about your abilities and success

is excess confidence that may be strong but not absolute
self-conceited
vsoverconfident
7.7

Thinking you are better than other people

is excess confidence but the focus here is on high self worth
overproud
vsoverconfident
7.2

Believing you are better than other people and acting like it

is excess confidence focused on ability rather than general pride
self-complacent
vsoverconfident
8.5

Being too satisfied with yourself and not seeing your mistakes

is excess confidence that stresses bold belief rather than passive satisfaction
too big for one's boots
vsoverconfident
  • UK
8.2

Acting more confident and important than you really are

is excess confidence but not necessarily expressed through boastful acting

Antonyms

222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

How Confident

arrogant
260 4.5
overconfident
19 5.3
self-assured
11 4.1
confident
715 2.5
insecure
131 3.4
unsure
89 1.5
timid
1 3.5

Surface Forms

overconfident positive
overconfidenter comparative
overconfidentest superlative

Morphology

overconfident = confident (transparent) = over + confident

The productive intensifying prefix 'over-' attaches to the adjective 'confident', yielding the predictable meaning 'excessively confident'.

Etymology

The word overconfident combines over- meaning 'too much' (as in overcook) and confident meaning 'sure of yourself', so it helps you remember that being overconfident is being 'too sure' about your abilities.