self-assured

adjective

Assured by or of one's self; confident in one's own abilities.

“self-assured girl”

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assuredself-confidentconfident
OriginEnglish assured ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-assured (comparative more self-assured, superlative most self-assured)

comparative more self-assured · superlative most self-assured

  1. Assured by or of one's self; confident in one's own abilities.

    self-assured girl

    1 more example

    self-assured display

    Synonyms: assured

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAssured by or of one's self; confident in one's own abilities.

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assured

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveshowing poise and confidence in your own worth

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self-confidentconfident
Also see
comfortable in one's own skinconfidentself-confident

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishassured
  9. Englishself-assured

From self- + assured.

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Translations

Catalan segur d'un mateix
  • segur d'un mateixconfident on one's abilities
Dutch zelfverzekerd
  • zelfverzekerdconfident on one's abilities
Finnish itsevarma
  • itsevarmaconfident on one's abilities
French sûr de soi, plein d'assurance
  • sûr de soiconfident on one's abilities
  • plein d'assuranceconfident on one's abilities
German selbstsicher
  • selbstsicherconfident on one's abilities
Hungarian magabiztos
  • magabiztosconfident on one's abilities
Irish diongbháilte
  • diongbháilteconfident on one's abilities
Italian sicuro di sé
  • sicuro di séconfident on one's abilities
Norwegian Bokmål selvsikker
  • selvsikkerconfident on one's abilities
Polish pewny siebie
  • pewny siebieconfident on one's abilities
Portuguese seguro de si
  • seguro de siconfident on one's abilities
Russian самоуве́ренный
  • самоуве́ренный (samouvérennyj)confident on one's abilities
Spanish seguro de si mismo
  • seguro de si mismoconfident on one's abilities
Swedish självsäker
  • självsäkerconfident on one's abilities
Turkish kendinden emin, kendine güvenen
  • kendinden eminconfident on one's abilities
  • kendine güvenenconfident on one's abilities
Cite this entry
APA

self-assured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-assured

MLA

“self-assured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-assured. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-assured,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-assured.

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