confidence

Definition

Examples

The training gave new employees more confidence when speaking to customers.

Word Family

Synonyms

• trustsomething (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
• assurancefreedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
• faitha strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

Collocations

• Easy gain self confidence through persistent practice
  to gain self confidence through persistent practice, meaning to obtain
• Medium bolster investor confidence in macroeconomic stability
  to bolster investor confidence in macroeconomic stability, meaning to support and strengthen
• Hard admit trusted deputy into one's innermost confidence
  to admit trusted deputy into one's innermost confidence, meaning to declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
• Very Hard overwhelmingly survive a parliamentary vote of no confidence
  describing overwhelmingly survive a parliamentary vote of no confidence (incapable of being resisted)