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Synonyms for confidence
Synonyms for confidence: authority and trust. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for confidence
All two are filed under confidence's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
freedom from doubt
She answered every question with quiet confidence.
confidence in 2 more sentences, same sense
- He signed the contract with confidence, certain he had negotiated a fair price.
- The nurse explained the procedure with such confidence that the patient relaxed.
How it behaves: In this sense confidence typically pairs with the preposition with in adverbial phrases like with confidence, and often follows verbs of speaking or acting in a fairly neutral, everyday register.
The true synonym
authority
Same sentence, swapped: She answered every question with quiet authority.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- reliance
- overconfidence
- stock
Opposites, in this sense
hesitancy and timidity reverse confidence as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of confidence takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- hesitancy
- timidity
a trustful relationship
He took me into his confidence.
confidence in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She finally took her sister into her confidence about the debt she had been hiding.
- The old man shared his confidence with the young apprentice, telling him secrets no one else knew.
How it behaves: In this sense confidence is usually paired with the verb take (someone) into (one's), or share, and marks the disclosure of a private matter to a trusted person.
The true synonym
trust
Same sentence, swapped: He took me into his trust.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot confidence is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- society
- balance
- nerve
Opposites, in this sense
distrust and suspicion reverse confidence as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of confidence takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- distrust
- suspicion
Where confidence turns up in the game
confidence is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where confidence is the trap
- societynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is company, in the sense "the state of being with someone", and confidence is one of the three tiles that lose.
- assurancenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is pledge, in the sense "a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something", with confidence sitting one tile away.
- authoritynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dominance, in the sense "the power or right to give orders or make decisions", with confidence sitting one tile away.
- authoritynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is sanction, in the sense "official permission or approval", with confidence sitting one tile away.
Play confidence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so confidence reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from thinking and knowing at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. confidence carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.