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Definition: Overconfident |
OverconfidentAdjective1. Marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overconfident" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: OverconfidentSynonyms: cocksure (adj), positive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rashness | Hot-blooded, hotheaded, hotbrained; headlong, headstrong; breakneck; foolhardy; harebrained; precipitate, impulsive. overconfident, overweening; venturesome, venturous; adventurous, Quixotic, fire eating, cavalier; janty, jaunty, free and easy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overconfident |
| English words defined with "overconfident": cocksure ♦ positive, Prefident. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "overconfident": Prefident. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some individuals with manic syndromes may be euphoric, overconfident, and optimistic. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Overconfident" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Overconfident" is used about 9 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) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "overconfident"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 过分自信 (Overconfidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vermessen (bold, gage, impudent, map, map out, measure, presumptuous, survey, to gauge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | με υπερβολική αυτοπεποίθηση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | terlalu percaya diri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | troppo sicuro di sé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 과 하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overconfidentay prea încrezãtor. (various references) чрезмерно уверенный. (various references) demasiado seguro. (various references) alltför säker, överdrivet självsäker. (various references) kendine aşırı güvenen, kendine çok güvenen (assertive, presuming, presumptuous, self-assertive), kendinden çok emin (cocksure, cocky, presuming, presumptuous, self-assertive). (various references) самовпевнений (arrogant, assertive, assuming, assumptive, assured, bold, bumptious, calm, chesty, cocksure, cocksy, confident, coxy, nervy, nose-wise, opinionated, opinioned, overweening, perk, positive, presuming, reliant, self confident, self sufficient, self-assertive, self-assured, self-opinionated, upstart), надто упевнений. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overconfident": overconfidently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "overconfident" (pronounced ō"verkÄ"nfudunt) |
| 9 | -k Ä" n f u d u n t | confident. |
| 5 | -u d u n t | accident, antioxidant, coincident, decadent, dissident, evident, incident, nonresident, oxidant, precedent, provident, resident. |
| 4 | -d u n t | abundant, antecedent, ardent, ascendant, attendant, corespondent, correspondent, decedent, defendant, dependent, descendant, descendent, despondent, discordant, imprudent, independent, interdependent, mordant, pendant, prudent, redundant, resplendent, respondent, retardant, rodent, strident, student, superintendent, transcendent, trident, verdant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, accelerant, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, 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, 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, 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, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, inadvertent, incandescent, 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-e-f-i-n-n-o-o-r-t-v" | |
-3 letters: coinvented, coinventor, confronted. | |
-4 letters: confident, confiteor, contender, contrived, convented, converted, defection, endocrine, environed, internode, noncredit, nonerotic, nonvector, recondite, refection. | |
-5 letters: centroid, coderive, codriven, coeditor, coinvent, condoner, confider, confined, confiner, confront, connived, conniver, connoted, contrive, convened, convener, convenor, creodont, cretonne, defector, denotive, devotion, divorcee, doctrine, dovecote, enforced, enrooted, erection, evection, foredone, frenetic, incenter, indecent. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-f-i-n-n-o-o-r-t-v" | |
+2 letters: overconfidently. | |
+5 letters: overidentification. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 63 6F 6E 66 69 64 65 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100110 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r c o n f i d e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0063 006F 006E 0066 0069 0064 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887184698180727570718086 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, greacã, греческий, грек, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Indonesian | 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonesiano, 인도네시아, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, 루마니아, român, румынский, румын, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, 러시아, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, englezesc, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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