Definition of Overconfident

1. Adjective. Marked by excessive confidence. "The less he knows the more positive he gets"

Exact synonyms: Cocksure, Positive
Similar to: Confident
Derivative terms: Cocksureness, Overconfidence, Positiveness

Definition of Overconfident

1. a. Confident to excess.

Definition of Overconfident

1. Adjective. too confident. ¹

2. Adjective. presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overconfident

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overconfident

overcomplicating
overcomplication
overcomplications
overcompress
overcompressed
overcompresses
overcompressing
overcompression
overconcentrated
overconcern
overconcerned
overconcerning
overconcerns
overconfidence
overconfidences
overconfident
overconfidently
overconnected
overconscientious
overconscious
overconsolidated
overconstrain
overconstrained
overconstraining
overconstrains
overconstruct
overconstructed
overconstructs
overconsume
overconsumed

Literary usage of Overconfident

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Destruction of a Planet: Zionism Is Racism by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1991)
"BRITISH Overconfident Overconfident, the British felt their two ships could outgun the German warships. However, in the ensuing battle, the first salvos ..."

2. When I'm 64 by Laura L. Carstensen, Christine R. Hartel (2006)
"People tend to be overconfident when judging the quality of their own decisions (Lichtenstein and Fischhoff, 1977), but little is known about whether there ..."

3. Composition and Rhetoric by William M. Tanner (1922)
"I am not surprised that their team lost the game, they were poorly trained and were overconfident. This sentence may be unified in two ways: I am not ..."

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