Usually means: Excessive belief in one's abilities.
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  1. overconfident: Merriam-Webster
  2. overconfident: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overconfident: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. overconfident: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. overconfident: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. overconfident: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. overconfident: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  14. overconfident: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  17. overconfident: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ adjective:  Too confident.
▸ adjective:  Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful.

Similar:
cocksure, confident, positive, bold, hyperconfident, overoptimistic, overweening, superconfident, overassured, overassertive, more...

Opposite:
humble, modest, unassuming, meek

Types:
cocky, arrogant, conceited, egotistical, self-important, pompous, supercilious, more...

Phrases:
being overconfident, overconfident in, to be overconfident, more...


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Similar:
cocksure, confident, positive, bold, hyperconfident, overoptimistic, overweening, superconfident, overassured, overassertive, more...

Opposite:
humble, modest, unassuming, meek

Types:
cocky, arrogant, conceited, egotistical, self-important, pompous, supercilious, more...

Phrases:
being overconfident, overconfident in, to be overconfident, more...



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