What does confidence mean?
Word: Confidence
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Confidence means the feeling that you can do something well, or the trust you have in someone.
Synonyms: self-belief, assurance, trust
Antonyms: fear
How do you spell confidence?
Syllables: con - fi - dence
Tricky part: The ending is ence, with two e's: children often write confidance or confidense.
Watch out for: confidance, confidense
Memory tip: Confidence ends like silence: a calm, quiet person often speaks with confidence.
Idioms and Phrases
- in confidence: told privately, trusting the listener to keep it secret Example: "Priya told me her plan in confidence, so I will not tell anyone."
Confidence in a sentence
Example 1: Practice gave Zoya the confidence to sing on stage.
Example 2: The coach has full confidence in our goalkeeper.
Example 3: He walked into the exam hall with confidence.
Fun Fact
When people in a group show that they still trust their leader, it is called a vote of confidence.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
confidence
a) pride
b) courage
c) hope
d) doubt
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d) doubt. Doubt is the feeling of not being sure, the opposite of confidence.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) sucess
b) couragous
c) confidence
d) beleive
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c) confidence. Believe has ie, courageous keeps the e of courage, and success has a double c and a double s.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cendifonec
a) conifdence
b) cnofidence
c) cofnidence
d) confidence
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d) confidence. Begin with con, as in contest, and the rest falls into place.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The new captain spoke to the team with great confedence.
a) confedence
b) captain
c) team
d) spoke
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a) confedence. The middle beat is fi, with an i.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In class, a girl full of confidence will probably
a) raise her hand to answer
b) keep quiet all lesson
c) ask a friend to answer
d) wait for others to answer
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a) raise her hand to answer
2. Before the race, Kabir said, I know I can win this. How is he feeling?
a) sure of himself
b) afraid of losing
c) bored of racing
d) sorry for the others
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a) sure of himself
