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confidence
Overview of noun confidence
The noun confidence has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (13) assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness -- (freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority")
2. (6) confidence -- (a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned")
3. (3) confidence -- (a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy")
4. confidence, trust -- (a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust")
5. confidence -- (a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun confidence
5 senses of confidence
Sense 1
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certainty
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
confidence
=> security
=> fearlessness, bravery
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
confidence
=> hopefulness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
confidence, trust
=> friendship, friendly relationship
=> relationship
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
confidence
=> secret
=> information, info
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun confidence
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun confidence
5 senses of confidence
Sense 1
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certainty
Sense 2
confidence
=> security
Sense 3
confidence
=> hopefulness
Sense 4
confidence, trust
=> friendship, friendly relationship
Sense 5
confidence
=> secret
Antonyms of noun confidence
1 of 5 senses of confidence
Sense 2
confidence
Antonym of diffidence (Sense 1)
=>diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust
Member Holonyms of noun confidence
Substance Holonyms of noun confidence
Part Holonyms of noun confidence
Member Meronyms of noun confidence
Substance Meronyms of noun confidence
Part Meronyms of noun confidence
Meronyms of noun confidence
Holonyms of noun confidence
Attributes of noun confidence
2 of 5 senses of confidence
Sense 1
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certain(predicate)(vs. uncertain), sure (vs. unsure)
=> uncertain (vs. certain), unsure (vs. sure), incertain
Sense 2
confidence
=> confident (vs. unconfident)
=> unconfident (vs. confident)
Derived Forms of noun confidence
5 senses of confidence
Sense 1
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
RELATED TO>(adj) confident#1
=> confident
Sense 2
confidence
RELATED TO>(adj) confidential#3
=> confidential
Sense 3
confidence
RELATED TO>(adj) confident#1
=> confident
Sense 4
confidence, trust
RELATED TO>(adj) confidential#1
=> confidential
RELATED TO>(verb) confide#2
=> entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
Sense 5
confidence
RELATED TO>(adj) confidential#2
=> confidential, secret
RELATED TO>(verb) confide#1
=> confide
Domain of noun confidence
Domain Terms of noun confidence
Familiarity of noun confidence
confidence used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun confidence
5 senses of confidence
Sense 1
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
> certainty
=> assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
=> certitude, cocksureness, overconfidence
=> reliance, trust
Sense 2
confidence
> security
=> confidence
Sense 3
confidence
> hopefulness
=> confidence
=> anticipation, expectation
Sense 4
confidence, trust
> friendship, friendly relationship
=> blood brotherhood
=> company, companionship, fellowship, society
=> confidence, trust
Sense 5
confidence
> secret
=> confidence
=> open secret
=> trade secret
Meronyms of noun confidence
5 senses of confidence
Holonyms of noun confidence
Grep of noun confidence
confidence
confidence game
confidence man
confidence trick
overconfidence
self-confidence
vote of confidence
Grep of adv confidence
with confidence
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