cocksureness

noun

as in certainty
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt the cocksureness with which he presented his investment scheme convinced others to jump in

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocksureness
  1. certainty
  2. assurance
  3. confidence
  4. conviction
  5. satisfaction
  6. certitude
Noun
  • The Bears have asked for certainty for property taxes plus infrastructure and utility improvements.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Igshaan Adams’s The certainty of being a rose (ii), a sculpture made of beads, thread and textile, fetched £96,000 ($127,000) despite the auctioneer reminding bidders that proceeds would benefit environmental charities.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of certainty
Noun
  • The judge appeared swayed by DHS’ assurances but needed time to consider.
    — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The album slides between styles surprisingly smoothly and with a remarkable assurance; a raft of collaborators contribute production (primarily Bartees Strange, Grammy winner Mike Elizondo and Avis Reese) but there’s no question who’s in charge.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of assurance
Noun
  • Economists like Robert Lucas and Edward Prescott — who each won Nobel Prizes — challenged Keynesian economics and its confidence that government policy could effectively smooth out the economy's ups and downs.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Moon in your sign squares Jupiter, making confidence, frustration, desire, or impatience harder to moderate.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of confidence
Noun
  • Roberts said Ohtani’s conviction lined up with what the manager was hearing from the Dodgers hitting coaches and medical staff.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Kohberger filed a petition in July for post-conviction relief, asking for a trial and seeking to change his guilty plea.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of conviction
Noun
  • Zest contributes to life satisfaction among children, adolescents, and adults.
    — Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Are there different kinds of nursing homes that could be much more effective and efficient and also provide more satisfaction for people who are growing older?
    — John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of satisfaction
Noun
  • Even in the fixedness of their forms—their sententious certitude—a single work may conflate the erotic and the machinic, the vernacular and the archetypal, the abstract and the practical.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Far too many candidates think AI can solve an office’s hardest problems, and the certitude among candidates with tech backgrounds is off the charts.
    — Max Taves, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of certitude
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

cocksure
cocksureness
cocktail
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Cocksureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocksureness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Exceptions of '-s' and '-es' Plurals

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

7 Words for Bad Endings and Rough Situations

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?
See More

Popular

See More

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
artwork of illustrated limes with the text limes and smile with an arrow connecting the two words
Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
See All