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- pronunciation:
- kan
fih
dihns
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a sense of trust or faith in a person or thing, or in oneself.
She has confidence in the work I do.He writes with great confidence.- synonyms:
- belief, faith, trust
- antonyms:
- apprehension, distrust, doubt
- similar words:
- assurance, certainty, dependence, sureness
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| definition 2: |
a secret.
Matt and Bill shared confidences with each other.- synonyms:
- secret
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| definition 3: |
trust that another will keep a secret.
She told me her plans in confidence.- similar words:
- privacy, secrecy, trust
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| related words: |
hope, optimism, poise, pride |
The word confidence
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
fid
Latin
root
that means faith, trust
Example words:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, admittance, agency, arrogance, attendance, audience, buoyancy, conference, confidence, consequence, consistency, currency, deficiency, difference, disappearance, disturbance, emergency, frequency, importance, independence, occurrence, preference, presidency, residence, science, tendency
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