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self-assured

self-assured

11 4.1
Confident about your abilities and decisions
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛlfəˈʃʊrd/
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  • Mr. Sumarsono's view of my mother was of a glowing, self-assured, generous woman.
  • more self-assured
  • less self-assured

He just came off as like just dignified, strong, smart, self assured.

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Examples

  • His pleasant personality, his jolly laugh, and his self-assured manner soon won their confidence.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Yes, well, this young lady is certainly self-assured.

  • You are self-assured, and you can get anyone to do anything you want.

  • I always saw him as this self-assured giant of industry.

  • I had never known or ever seen up close a man of color so self-assured and sophisticated.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I'd found her to be very self-assured and confident whenever she needed to be.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I think a lot of people think I'm very confident and self assured, but I'm actually pretty shy despite how I pretend I'm not.

  • Grace is an elegant rider, quite self-assured for a 13-year-old...

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Ilya seemed as relaxed as I was, immensely self-assured without appearing arrogant.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • After practicing for weeks, she felt self-assured about giving her presentation.

Synonyms

confident
vsself-assured
715 2.5

Feeling sure about yourself or what will happen

focuses specifically on belief in abilities or personal worth
feeling confident
vsself-assured
46 3.0

Being sure you can do something well

emphasizes outward display of assurance rather than private feeling
self-confident
vsself-assured
11 3.2

Feeling sure about your own abilities and worth

has identical meaning and use with no important difference
self-possessed
vsself-assured
3 7.2

Calm and confident in control of your feelings in difficult situations

focuses on belief in abilities and personal worth rather than calm control
assured
vsself-assured
4.1

Confident and steady in voice or movement

refers to confidence about abilities and personal value instead

Antonyms

131 3.4

Not confident about yourself or your skills

How Confident

cocky
  • Informal
99 4.2
self-assured
11 4.1
confident
715 2.5
poised
1 5.1

Surface Forms

self-assured positive

Morphology

self-assured = assured (transparent) = self + assured + self

Meaning is directly derived from 'self' (oneself) + 'assured' (confident), yielding 'confident in oneself'.

Etymology

Self-assured combines self ('your own person') and assured, which comes from an old word meaning 'secure' and is like the word secure. So to be self-assured is to feel confident and safe in yourself.