self-confidence
self-confidence noun: the state or degree of being self-confident: believing in one's own abilities.
Noun
self-confidence (usually uncountable, plural self-confidences)
- The state or degree of being self-confident: believing in one's own abilities.
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- Synonyms:
- self-assurance
self-confidence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
self-confidence in Hindi
- state of being self-confident
- आत्मविश्वास ātmaviśvās
- measure of one's belief in one's own abilities
- आत्मविश्वास ātmaviśvās
self-confidence in Tamil
- state of being self-confident
- தன்னம்பிக்கை taṉṉampikkai
- measure of one's belief in one's own abilities
- தன்னம்பிக்கை taṉṉampikkai
self-confidence in Bengali
- self-confidence
- মনোবল monōbol
self-confidence in Telugu
- self-confidence
- అత్మవిశ్వాసము atmaviśvāsamu
More languagesFewer languages
- self-confidence in Malayalam
- ആത്മവിശ്വാസം ātmaviśvāsaṁ
- self-confidence in Kannada
- ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸ, ತನ್ನ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಂಬಿಕೆ, ಆತ್ಮಪ್ರತ್ಯಯ, ತನ್ನಂಬುಗೆ
- self-confidence in Tagalog
- kumpiyansa sa sarili
- self-confidence in Arabic
- ثِقَة بِالنَّفْس
- self-confidence in Malay
- keyakinan diri
- self-confidence in Persian
- خودباوری
Synonyms of self-confidence
Antonyms
Forms of self-confidence
| plural | self-confidences |
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Origin of self-confidence
From self- + confidence.
Questions about self-confidence
- What does self-confidence mean?
- Self-confidence means the state or degree of being self-confident: believing in one's own abilities.
- What is self-confidence in Hindi?
- Self-confidence in Hindi is आत्मविश्वास (ātmaviśvās). See Self-confidence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-confidence?
- Self-confidence is a noun.
- What is the plural of self-confidence?
- The plural of self-confidence is self-confidences.
Words near self-confidence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-confidence (page history and authors); মনোবল (Bengali) (page history and authors); అత్మవిశ్వాసము (Telugu) (page history and authors); self-confidence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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