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Definition: Confident |
ConfidentAdjective1. Having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment". 2. Persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win". 3. Not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "confident" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: ConfidentSynonyms: confident(p) (adj), convinced(p) (adj), positive(p) (adj), surefooted (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unconfident (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affirmation | Pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant; positive; certain; express, explicit; (patent); absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted; predicable. |
Belief | Adjective: believing; Verb: certain, sure, assured, positive,Adjective: believing; Verb: certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure. |
Courage | Bold, bold-spirited; daring, audacious; fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless; undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed, unblanched, unabashed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblanching, unapprehensive; confident, self-reliant; bold as a lion, bold as brass. |
Credulity | Adjective: credulous, gullible; easily deceived; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated,Adjective: credulous, gullible; easily deceived; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated, superstitious; confiding; (believing). |
Hope | Feel hope, entertain hope, harbor hope, indulge hope, cherish hope, feed hope, foster hope, nourish hope, encourage hope, cling to hope, live in hope; Noun: see land; feel assured, rest assured, feel confident, rest confident; Adjective: |
Adjective: hoping; Verb: in hopes; Noun: hopeful, confident; secure; (certain); sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome; utopian. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Confident |
| English words defined with "confident": aggressor, assertive ♦ believe, Browbeating ♦ certain, confidence, confidently, Confidentness, convinced ♦ dash ♦ elan ♦ Fidiciary, flair ♦ Overtrow ♦ panache, positive, Pot-sure ♦ sanguineness, sanguinity, securely, style, sure, sure-handed ♦ To change one's tune, To take into one's confidence, trust ♦ with confidence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "confident": bullschildt. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "confident": Prefident. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Confident" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (confidant), Romanian (confidant, confident). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He's just so confident, it can't be real (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) I am confident your suspicions are wrong, Sergeant (The Wicker Man; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer) Now you're confident in your powers (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Now I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence that you have heard, come to a decision, and restore this man to his family (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote) You see her standing there, so haughty, so confident. Let us hope she finds solace in her writing and her books (Dune; writing credit: John Harrison) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Confident Teaching (1976) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Burke | Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than be ruined by too confident security. |
Robert S. Mcnamara | We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius went away confident, and Cosette anxious |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I am confident that all the drums and trumpets of a royal army, beating and sounding together just at your ears, could not equal it. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Commerce is unexpectedly confident and serene, alert, adventurous, and unwearied |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | How can we be sure food safety standards in other countries are as good as those in the United States? As we import more of our fresh foods from other countries, we need to be confident that they are produced with the same level of safety as food in the United States. (references) | |
Business | They care about being confident, and having availability and privacy throughout the transaction. (references) | |
One important feature of the Spanish market is the confident approach taken by financial institutions. (references) | ||
Apart from the fact that local agents know and understand better this foreign market, Peruvian entrepreneurs feel more confident having a local contact. (references) | ||
Economic History | Thailand | Government officials are confident the trade account will remain in surplus for the whole year. (references) |
Bahrain | Bahrain's already large aluminum smelter is set to expand significantly and the government is confident that the downstream industry will follow. (references) | |
Lebanon | The new government has focused on accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption to create a more confident business climate for local and international investors. (references) | |
Human Rights | Maldives | The authorities generally keep the details of a case confidential until they are confident that the charges are likely to be upheld. (references) |
Political Economy | Ireland | For now, the government appears confident that careful economic management is the best way to address the inflationary challenge. (references) |
Women | Lithuania | Few such complaints are filed, because women prefer to avoid publicity and are not confident that the courts will punish their assailants. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Card | Well, I'm confident that Chairman Arafat has the ability to bring some level of reduction in violence in that area, and the charge is on him to meet that responsibility. We also know that the Israeli leadership has a responsibility as well. |
Dennis Miller | But as an adult, I like to think of myself as confident, because I am comfortable letting things go, delegating my power to those I trust, and generally relinquishing the need to control everything in my life. |
Geoffrey Hoon | That, obviously, is our ultimate aim, it's our ultimate military objective, and I remain absolutely confident that those weapons of mass destruction will be discovered. |
Regis Philbin | I want a guy who will develop an instant rapport with the contestant, who will make that contestant feel more confident, relax him, give them the ability to think clearly, and become his friend. |
Rush Limbaugh | Folks, be confident of your own beliefs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This determination will, I am confident, be approved by my constituents. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | If that conference is a success, I feel confident that the way will have been adequately prepared for an expanded and prosperous world trade. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | I am confident that other nations of the Western Hemisphere would be prepared to do likewise. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Given the cooperation of the Federal Reserve System, which I so earnestly seek, I am confident that this movement can continue. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Let us go forward from here confident in hope, strong in our faith in one another, sustained by our faith in God who created us, and striving always to serve His purpose. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We are a confident nation. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Confident in our future, and secure in our values, Americans are striving forward to embrace the future. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | As for me, I'll leave the Presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived, and more confident than ever that America's best days lie ahead. |
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| "Confident" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Confident" is used about 3,239 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3,239 | 2,929 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "confident": be confident ♦ be confident of smth. ♦ Canap'e confident ♦ confident manner ♦ feel confident ♦ not confident ♦ self confident. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "confident": confident-looking. | |
Ending with "confident": over-confident. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
confident | 50 |
self confident | 10 |
confident woman | 6 |
be more confident | 5 |
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being confident | 3 |
attitude cock confident self walk | 2 |
become confident | 2 |
confident man | 2 |
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confident penis.com | 2 |
confident kid | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "confident"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | me besim të tepruar, me besim në vete, i sigurt (assertive, assured, certain, clear, dead, dependable, fast, firm, foolproof, indubitable, infallible, positive, reliable, reliant, safe, secure, sound, sterling, sure, trusty, unerring). (various references) | |
Arabic | واثق (assured, certain, clear, convinced, doubtless, in the bag, reliant, safe, secure, sterling), صديق مؤتمن, صديق حميم (brother, chum, confidant), دال على الثقة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уверен (assured, certain, positive, reliant, secure, sure, sure footed, unfaltering, unwavering), самонадеян (assuming, assumptive, cocksy, coxy, overweening, presuming), сигурен (bound, certain, copper-bottomed, dependable, good, infallible, necessary, positive, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, solid, steady, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, undoubted, unfailing, unfaltering), вдъхващ вяра. (various references) | |
Chinese | 確信 , 确信 (Certitude). (various references) | |
Czech | suverénní (cocksure, consummate, sovereign), sebejistý (assured, cocksure, self confident), dùvìřující. (various references) | |
Dutch | zelfverzekerd (self-assured), zelfbewust (arrogant, self-assured). (various references) | |
Esperanto | memfida (self-assured). (various references) | |
Farsi | مطملن (Secure, Sure), رازدار (Confidant, Repository, Secretary), دلگرم (Earnest), بی پروا (Adventurer, Audacious, Daredevil, Dashing, Harebrained, Headlong, Heady, Heedless, Impetuous, Inconsiderate, Rash, Reckless, Slapdash, Unadvised, Unscrupulous). (various references) | |
Finnish | luottavainen (trustful, trusting). (various references) | |
French | confiant (confiding), vaniteux (conceited), sûr, qui a de la confiance, plein d'assurance (self confident), assuré. (various references) | |
German | zuversichtlich (certain, reliant, sanguinely, sure), überzeugt (convinced, convinces, dedicated, devout, staunch, strong). (various references) | |
Greek | σίγουροσ (certain), σίγουρος (certain, positive about, sure), γεμάτος αυτοπεποίθησης (self-confident), βέβαιοσ (assured, certain, sure), πεπεισμένοσ, πεποιθώσ (reliant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בטוח (assurance, assured, certain, insurance, safe, secure, snug, sure). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vkinek a bizalmasa (repository), magabiztos (assertive, cock-sure, self confident, self-assertive, self-assured, self-confident), bizalmasa vkinek (repository, to be in sy's confidence), bizakodó (assured of the future, hopeful, sanguine, trusting), önbizalommal telt. (various references) | |
Indonesian | bagak (dauntless). (various references) | |
Italian | confidente (confidant, informer), sicuro di sé (self-assured), presuntuoso (arrogant, assuming, assumptive, big-headed, bumptious, conceited, consequential, jackanapes, opinionated, overweening, presumptuous, puppyish, self-righteous, uppish, uppity), fiducioso (assured, confidential, secure, trustful), baldanzoso (bold, perky, uppity). (various references) | |
Korean | 자부하" (self-confident). (various references) | |
Manx | treishtagh (fiduciary, trusting), shickyr (certain, definite, fast, firm, fixed, impregnable, positive, secure, stable, steadfast, steady, sure, unflinching), daaney (bold, cheeky, cocky, daring, presumptuous, rude). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onfidentcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | confidente (confidant, confidante, fiduciary, insider). (various references) | |
Romanian | convins (confirmed, convinced, earnest, out and out, persuaded, positive), confident (confidant), sigur pe sine, sigur (absolute, absolutely, assuredly, certain, certainly, cocksure, convinced, decided, dependable, indeed, it must be, positive, reliable, reliant, safe, safely, secure, self confident, sound, steady, sterling, straight, sure, surely, tenacious, trustworthy, undeniable, undoubtedly, unequivocal), încrezãtor (confiding, trustful). (various references) | |
Russian | уверенный (assured, certain, masterful, reliant, secure, sure). (various references) | |
Scottish | spailpeil (conceited, self-confident, swaggering, vainglorious). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uveren (assured, certain, convinced, sure), siguran (certain, foolproof, safe, secure, sure), samopouzdan (assertive, self confident, self-reliant). (various references) | |
Spanish | corrido (abashed, confidant, confused, experienced, extra), confidente (confidant, confidante, trusted), confiado (confidant, gullible, gullibly, jaunty, reliant, trustful), seguro (airtight, assurance, assured, confidant, definitely, dependable, diaper, in the bag, infallible, insurance, insurance policy, odds-on, positive, reliable, safe, secure, sure, sure fire, trust, tumbler), puesto en sí mismo (confidant), persona segura (confidant). (various references) | |
Swedish | självsäker (assured, presumptuous, self confident, self-assured, self-confident, self-opinionated), säker (assured, certain, clear, established, good, harmless, positive, safe, secure, solid, sound, sure, sure footed, unerring). (various references) | |
Turkish | cüretli (adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, forward, presuming, presumptuous), kuşkusuz (beyond all question, beyond doubt, certain, certainly, definite, definitely, doubtless, indubitable, no doubt, undoubted), kendine güvenen (reliant, self confident, self-assured, self-reliant), inançlı (assured, believer, believing, conscious, reliant, religious), güvenli (delicate, foolproof, reliable, safe, secure, snug, trustworthy), emin (assured, bailee, certain, clear, cocksure, confidential, deliberate, fiduciary, firm, good, in the bag, proof, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, sound, stanch, staunch, sure, trustworthy, trusty, unfaltering), atak (attack, dapper, daring, dashing, gutsy, heady, mettled, mettlesome, militant, push, pushful, pushing, rash, reckless, spunky, Venturous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | упевнений (assured, certain, cocksure, convinced, masterful, reliant, secure, sure), самовпевнений (arrogant, assertive, assuming, assumptive, assured, bold, bumptious, calm, chesty, cocksure, cocksy, coxy, nervy, nose-wise, opinionated, opinioned, overconfident, overweening, perk, positive, presuming, reliant, self confident, self sufficient, self-assertive, self-assured, self-opinionated, upstart), довірена особа (confidant, confidante, warrantee), довірливий (confidential, credent, credulous, gullible, trustful, unsuspecting). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chắc chắn tự tin tin tưởng, tin chắc (assured, convinced), tin cậy liều, người tri kỷ, người tâm phúc (liegeman), mặt dạn m y d y; láo xược, liều lĩnh trơ tráo. (various references) | |
Welsh | hyderus (bold). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fide, fidens, fidentes, fidus, indubitanter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | SofoV fobhqeiV exeklinen apo kakou o de afrwn eautw pepoiqwV meignutai anomw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sapiens timet et declinat malum stultus transilit et confidit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The wise man dredeth, and bowith doun fro euel; the fol ouerlepeth, and trosteth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang usa ka tawong manggialamon mahadlok, ug magapahilayo gikan sa dautan; Apan ang buang mapangahason sa iyang kaugalingon nga may pagdaut ug siya masaligon. |
| Croatian | Mudar se boji i oda zla se uklanja, a bezuman se raspaljuje i bez straha je. |
| Danish | Den vise ængstes og skyr det onde, Tåben buser sorgløs på. |
| Dutch | De wijze vreest, en wijkt van het kwade; maar de zot is oplopende toornig, en zorgeloos. |
| Finnish | Viisas pelkää ja karttaa pahaa, mutta tyhmä on huoleton ja suruton. |
| French | Le sage a de la retenue et se détourne du mal, Mais l`insensé est arrogant et plein de sécurité. |
| German | Ein Weiser fürchtet sich und meidet das Arge; ein Narr aber fährt trotzig hindurch. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang berbudi selalu waspada dan menjauhi kejahatan, orang bodoh naik pitam, lalu merasa aman. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seorang yang berbudi itu takut dan undur dari pada jahat, tetapi orang bodoh berbuat dosa berlapis-lapis, maka senanglah juga hatinya. |
| Italian | Il saggio teme e sta lontano dal male, lo stolto è insolente e presuntuoso. |
| Korean | 지 혜 로 운 자 " 두 워 하 여 악 을 나 나 어 리 석 은 자 " 방 자 하 여 스 스 로 믿 느 니 라 |
| Maori | ¶ E wehi ana te tangata whakaaro nui, ka neke atu i te kino; ko te kuware ia ka whakahi, ka tohe. |
| Norwegian | Den vise frykter og holder sig fra det onde, men dåren er overmodig og trygg. |
| Portuguese | O sábio teme e desvia-se do mal, mas o tolo é arrogante e dá-se por seguro. |
| Rumanian | Knyeleptul se teme wi se abate dela rqu, dar nesocotitul este kngkmfat wi fqrq fricq. - |
| Russian | нХ"ТЩК 'ПЙФУС Й Х"БМСЕФУС ПФ ЪМБ, Б ЗМХ ЩК ТБЪ"ТБЦЙФЕМЕО Й УБНПОБ"ЕСО. |
| Spanish | El sabio teme y se aparta del mal, pero el necio es entremetido y confiado. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "confident": confidential, confidentialities, confidentiality, confidentially, confidently. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "confident": overconfident, superconfident. (additional references) | |
Words containing "confident": nonconfidential, overconfidently. (additional references) | |
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"Confident" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: comfidant, confidat, confidente, nonident. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "confident" (pronounced kÄ"nfudunt) |
| 9 | k Ä" n f u d u n t | overconfident. |
| 5 | -u d u n t | antioxidant, accident, coincident, decadent, dissident, evident, incident, nonresident, oxidant, precedent, provident, resident. |
| 4 | -d u n t | antecedent, ardent, abundant, ascendant, attendant, corespondent, correspondent, imprudent, decedent, defendant, dependent, descendant, descendent, despondent, discordant, independent, interdependent, mordant, pendant, prudent, redundant, resplendent, respondent, retardant, rodent, strident, student, superintendent, transcendent, trident, verdant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antidepressant, antigovernment, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, accelerant, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, cormorant, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decent, declarant, decongestant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resilient, resistant, resonant, restatement, resultant, resurgent, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, stringent, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-f-i-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: confined. | |
-2 letters: confide, confine, contend, ctenoid, deontic, intoned, noticed. | |
-3 letters: codein, coedit, coifed, coined, confit, conine, conned, dentin, docent, finned, foetid, foined, indent, infect, intend, intone, nocent, noetic, notice, tendon, tinned. | |
-4 letters: cento, cited, coden, coned, conin, conte, coted, dicot, donne, edict, feint, fetid, fiend, fined, inned, niton, nonce, nonet, noted, often, ontic, teind. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-f-i-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: confidante, functioned. | |
+2 letters: confidantes, confidently, fecundation, noninfected. | |
+3 letters: confidential, disinfection, fecundations, noncertified. | |
+4 letters: confederating, confederation, densification, disinfections, malfunctioned, misfunctioned, overconfident. | |
+5 letters: confederations, confidentially, decaffeination, denazification, densifications, identification, superconfident. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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