Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with confident in American Collocation
confident
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈkɑnfɪdənt/
fairly
fairly
pretty
quite
reasonably
I’m a fairly confident person but I was nervous before the speeches.
very
extremely
really
supremely
very
He looked supremely confident as he strode forward.
in a way that is not obvious to other people
quietly
Al is a quietly confident 11-year-old.
mood
feeling
mood
The team will start the season in confident mood on Sunday against Liverpool.
voice
tone
voice
behaviour
manner
performance
stride
swagger
The successful applicant will need to possess a confident telephone manner.
expression
expression
smile
She said this with a confident smile.
statement
assertion
prediction
All the jury heard was Dr Moore’s confident assertion that the forensic evidence virtually proved Andrew guilty.
person performing a particular activity
communicator
learner
reader
rider
skier
swimmer
All children taking part must be confident swimmers.
appear
become
feel
get
grow
look
remain
seem
sound
By 1927 he felt confident enough to expel Trotsky from the Communist Party.