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confidence - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: confidence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief in oneself
Synonyms: aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resolution, self-possession, spirit, spunk, tenacity, brashness, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, intrepidity, resoluteness, self-reliance, sureness
Antonyms: uncertainty, unconfidence
Main Entry: confidence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief in something
Synonyms: assurance, credence, faith, hope, reliance, stock, store, trust, dependence, sure bet
Antonyms: apprehension, distrust, doubt, fear, uncertainty, unconfidence
Main Entry: brass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: impulsiveness; nerve
Synonyms: assumption, audacity, cheek*, chutzpah*, confidence, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, presumption, rudeness, brashness
Antonyms: caution, prudence, carefulness, circumspection
Main Entry: credence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trust, acceptance
Synonyms: admission, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, reliance, stock, store, accepting, admitting, dependence
Notes: something is credible to the extent that it is worthy of belief, so that credibility is worthiness of belief; credence is an acknowledgment of such worthiness
Antonyms: distrust, faithlessness
Main Entry: encouragement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: help, support
Synonyms: advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, easement, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, optimism, promotion, refreshment, relief, reward, softening, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging, consoling, enlivening, inspiritment, invigoration, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, shot in the arm, solacing
Antonyms: denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement
Main Entry: equanimity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: levelheadedness
Synonyms: aplomb, assurance, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, cool, coolness, detachment, patience, peace, poise, presence of mind*, sangfroid, self-possession, serenity, ataraxia, ataraxy, equability, imperturbability, phlegm, placidity, steadiness, tranquillity
Antonyms: agitation, alarm, anxiety, upset, worry, discomposure, excitableness
Main Entry: expectancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anticipation
Synonyms: assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward, waiting
Main Entry: expectation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, anticipation
Synonyms: apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward
Main Entry: gall
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nerve, brashness
Synonyms: acrimony, animosity, arrogance, bitterness, brass, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, confidence, effrontery, guts*, haughtiness, hostility, impertinence, impudence, insolence, malevolence, malice, pomposity, presumption, rancor, self-importance, spite, venom, brazenness, crust cynicism, overbearance, sauciness
Antonyms: modesty, shyness, reservations
Main Entry: honesty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: truthfulness, candidness
Synonyms: candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, goodness, honor, integrity, loyalty, morality, principle, probity, rectitude, responsibility, right, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, uprightness, veracity, virtue, bluntness, evenhandedness, genuineness, impeccability, incorruptibility, justness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, reputability, scrupulousness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness
Antonyms: artifice, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, lying, treachery, fraudulence
Main Entry: hope
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: longing; dream
Synonyms: Utopia, achievement, ambition, anticipation, aspiration, assumption, belief, bright side, buoyancy, castles in air, concern, confidence, daydream, dependence, desire, endurance, expectancy, expectation, faith, fancy, fool's paradise, fortune, gain, goal, greedy glutton, hopefulness, light at end of tunnel, optimism, pipe dream*, promise, promised land*, prospect, reliance, reverie, reward, rosiness, sanguineness, security, stock, thing with feathers, wish
Antonyms: despair, disbelief, discouragement, hopelessness, pessimism
Main Entry: information
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: facts, news
Synonyms: advice, ammo, break*, chapter and verse*, clue, confidence, counsel, cue, data, dirt*, dope*, dossier, earful, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, info, inside story, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, leak, learning, lore, lowdown, material, message, network, notice, notification, orientation, propaganda, report, science, scoop, score, tidings, tip, what's what, whole story, wisdom, word*
Antonyms: ignorance
Main Entry: intimacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: closeness between people
Synonyms: acquaintance, affection, affinity, communion, confidence, experience, familiarity, friendship, understanding, close relationship, confidentiality, inwardness
Antonyms: disagreement, incompatibility
Main Entry: optimism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: state of having positive beliefs
Synonyms: anticipation, assurance, brightness, buoyancy, calmness, certainty, cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, easiness, elation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exhilaration, expectation, happiness, rose-colored glasses*, trust, good cheer, hopefulness, idealism, looking on bright side, positivism, sanguineness, sureness
Antonyms: doubt, gloom, pessimism, hopelessness
Main Entry: poise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: self-composure, dignity
Synonyms: address, aplomb, assurance, balance, bearing, calmness, confidence, cool, coolness, diplomacy, elegance, equanimity, equilibrium, grace, gravity, polish, presence, presence of mind, sangfroid, savoir faire, self-assurance, self-possession, serenity, tact, tranquility, delicatesse, equability, stasis, tactfulness
Antonyms: excitedness
Main Entry: secrecy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: concealment
Synonyms: confidence, dark, darkness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, seclusion, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, clandestineness, confidentiality, covertness, furtiveness, retirement, secretiveness, secretness, surreptitiousness
Antonyms: honesty, publicity, revelation, forthrightness, openness
Main Entry: secret
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something kept hidden, unrevealed
Synonyms: cipher, classified information, code, confidence, enigma, formula, key, mystery, occult, oracle, password, puzzle, unknown, confidential information, magic number, privileged information, skeleton in cupboard
Antonyms: known, revelation, public knowledge
Main Entry: self-respect/self-esteem
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pride in oneself
Synonyms: conceit, confidence, dignity, morale, self-assurance, self-satisfaction, vanity, worth, amour-propre, egotism, faith in oneself, narcissism, self-content, self-regard
Antonyms: uncertainty, self-doubt
Main Entry: sex appeal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sexual attractiveness
Synonyms: allure, animal magnetism, appeal, attraction, charisma, charm, confidence, enchantment, glamour, lure, magnetism, pizzazz, presence, pull, attractiveness, drawing power, it, it, seductiveness, sexiness, sexual magnetism, star power
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