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Synonyms

self-assured

American  
[self-uh-shoord] / ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊərd /

adjective

  1. self-confident.

    Synonyms:
    positive, cocky, confident, assured
self-assured British  

adjective

  1. confident of one's own worth

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Other Word Forms

  • self-assuredly adverb
  • self-assuredness noun

Etymology

Origin of self-assured

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

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A self-assured, naive young woman joins a dysfunctional theater company in Beryl Bainbridge’s darkly comic novel of mishaps and maturity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The clip is worth watching, and not just to marvel yet again at Vance’s ability to make idiotic statements in the self-assured tone of the smartest boy in the room.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

“Katie’s a very tenacious, self-assured individual,” recalled Jordan Ball, who was a senator for the opposition party.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

The resulting sequence brims with delightful wonder and manifests her spunky, self-assured personality.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

On first meeting he found Holmes far too smooth and self-assured for a man of so few years.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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