confident
adjective
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Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Examples of confident in a Sentence
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Both Roseman and Sirianni were confident that Mukuba could deliver the same blows in the NFL despite being undersized.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Howard said the Chiefs were confident that Bassa would be able to flourish in defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s scheme from both a mental and athletic standpoint.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
In the special's opening, Goldstein puts on a confident façade, puffing on a cigarette and greeting fans in a fur trapper hat and coat.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Confident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confident. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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