over_confident - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | overconfident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly sure of oneself |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, cocksure*, cocky*, foolhardy, heedless, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive, heading for a fall, hubristic |
| Antonyms: | cautious, pessimistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cocky/cocksure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured, full of oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, conceited, confident, know-it-all*, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self-confident, smart aleck*, sure, vain, wise guy*, egotistical, hotdogging, hotshot, hubristic, smart guy, smarty, smarty pants, swaggering, swollen-headed |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, uncertain, unsure, unself-confident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity*, contumelious, overfamiliar |
| Notes: | presumptive means 'based on a presumption, based on grounds of probability' while presumptuous means 'assuming an unwarranted, unauthorized responsibility' |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-assured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | assured, believing, bold, brave, cocksure*, cocky, confident, courageous, expectant, expecting, fearless, overconfident, positive, secure, sure, unafraid, full of oneself, puffed up, sure of oneself |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, cocksure, conceited, confident, know-it-all, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self-confident, smart aleck, sure, vain, wise guy, egotistical, hotdogger, hotshot, hubristic, smart guy, smarty, smarty pants, swaggering, swollen-headed |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, shy, tentative, timid, uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | presuming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
| Synonyms: | conceited, confident, egotistic, overconfident, presumptuous, proud |
| Main Entry: | assured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confident |
| Synonyms: | assertive, audacious, bold, brazen, certain, cocksure*, collected, complacent, composed, confident, cool, gung ho*, gutsy*, high*, imperturbable, overconfident, positive, pushy, rosy*, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, sure, unflappable, upbeat*, poised, puffed up, pumped up, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | confused, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, fearful, hesitant, nervous, dismayed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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