ADJ
- absolute, complete, full, total
- The company needs the full confidence of its investors
- great, high, real
- Confidence is high among the team's supporters
- reasonable
- growing, increased, increasing
- new, renewed
- misplaced
- The general's confidence in his army proved misplaced
- international
- popular, public
- public confidence in the government
- business, consumer, customer, investor, market
VERB + CONFIDENCE
- enjoy, feel, have
- This government no longer enjoys the confidence of the public. We all have complete confidence in this product
- express
- He expressed confidence in the new plans
- be lacking in, lack
- share
- She wished that she shared his confidence
- maintain, preserve
- to maintain public confidence in the system of justice
- bolster, boost, build (up), enhance, improve, increase, lift, raise
- Higher profits should raise business confidence
- gain
- command, create, develop, encourage, engender, generate, give (sb), inspire, instil
- The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems. The company's record does not really inspire confidence
- rebuild, restore, revive
- Only if the chairperson resigns will we be able to restore the confidence of our members
- lose
- This government has lost the confidence of the public
- damage, dent, sap, shake, undermine, weaken
- Only one bank scandal is needed to shake the confidence in the financial markets
- destroy, shatter
CONFIDENCE + VERB
- decrease
- grow, increase, rise
- return
- Confidence has returned to the market
PREP
- ~ about
- The captain was not lacking in confidence about his team's prospects
- ~ among
- a loss of confidence among investors
- ~ between
- efforts to build confidence between employers and unions
- ~ in
- They have no confidence in the legal system
PHRASES
- a crisis of confidence
- There is a crisis of confidence in the university about its future role
- have every/little/no/some confidence
- The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men
- a lack of confidence, a loss of confidence, a vote of (no) confidence
- This is a tremendous vote of confidence for the government
- a (no) confidence motion/vote
- The government lost a parliamentary confidence vote
ADJ
- considerable, enormous, great
- sublime, supreme, tremendous, utter
- added, extra
- fresh, new-found
- increased, increasing, growing
- calm, quiet
- giving an outward appearance of quiet confidence
- easy
- She spoke in a tone of easy confidence
- false
- All his false confidence had drained away
- inner, personal
- social
VERB + CONFIDENCE
- have
- She has very little confidence in her own abilities
- show
- feel
- 'I can explain,' he said, with a confidence he did not feel
- brim with, exude, be full of, ooze, radiate
- Since she got the new job, she's been brimming with confidence. a man who exudes confidence
- be lacking in, lack
- A lot of children are lacking in confidence
- acquire, develop, gain, gather
- She's gained a lot of confidence over the last year
- grow in
- As the weeks went by he grew in confidence
- lose
- During his illness he really lost his confidence
- get back, rebuild, recover, regain, restore
- He's really striking the ball well and has got his confidence back
- bolster, boost, build (up), enhance
- Winning the competition really boosted her confidence
- give sb, instil
- to instil confidence in staff who feel nervous about taking on new roles
- dent, sap, shake, undermine, weaken
- Failing his exams really dented his confidence
- destroy, shatter
CONFIDENCE + VERB
- drain (away), evaporate, go
- My confidence went completely after my first major defeat
- grow, increase, rise
- Their confidence grew with each success
- return
CONFIDENCE + NOUN
- boost, booster
- The home side badly need a confidence booster
- building
- Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building
PREP
- with ~
- She answered the question with confidence
- ~ about
- I lacked confidence about how I looked
- ~ in
- his confidence in himself
PHRASES
- a lack of confidence, a loss of confidence
ADJ
- absolute, complete, full, total
- mutual
VERB + CONFIDENCE
- enjoy, have
- The Cabinet must enjoy the confidence of Parliament
- keep, retain
- gain, get, win
- build
- an environment which builds mutual confidence
- betray, break
- place, put
- Are we to place confidence in a minister who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?
- withhold
- take sb into
- She thought she might take Leo into her confidence
PREP
- in ~
- She told me in confidence?I couldn't break that confidence, could I?
PHRASES
- a breach of confidence
- Telling other people what I'd said was a total breach of confidence
- in strict confidence
- Enquiries will be dealt with in the strictest confidence
VERB + CONFIDENCE
- exchange, share
- The girls exchanged whispered confidences
- keep
- betray
- I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence
- encourage, invite
- She didn't encourage confidences
PHRASES
- an exchange of confidences