Self-assured Definition & Meaning

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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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Kiley is normally a bubbly girl with long brown hair and a self-assured smile, but as she kept raising her phone to take a photo, then stopping, her eyes saddened.

From Los Angeles Times

Egypt is self-assured and funny, cocky in a clear-eyed way.

From Los Angeles Times

Platt has a boyish face and a soft, self-assured speaking voice.

From Los Angeles Times

Grimes’ vocals still dart and jab around most tracks, but tracks like “California” carry the unmistakable, self-assured delivery of a person who just started making their own granola.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• assured
• confident
• courageous
• overconfident

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