Collocations for confidence - noun

absolute, complete, full, total
The company needs the full confidence of its investors.

great, high, real, strong (AmE)
Confidence is high among the team's supporters.

low (AmE)
Generally there is low public confidence in government institutions.

reasonable
growing, increased, increasing
new, renewed
misplaced
The general's confidence in his army proved misplaced.

public
public confidence in the government

business, consumer, customer, investor, market, voter

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, retain
to maintain public confidence in the system of justice

bolster, boost, build, build up, enhance, improve, increase, raise, strengthen
Higher profits should raise business confidence.

gain
breed, create, engender, generate, give (sb), inspire, instil/instill, promote
The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems.
The company's record does not really inspire confidence.

rebuild, renew, restore, revive
an effort to renew investor confidence in corporate America

lose
This government has lost the confidence of the public.

damage, dent (esp. BrE), erode, sap, shake, undermine, weaken
Only one bank scandal is needed to shake the confidence in the financial markets.

destroy, shatter

decline, decrease, fall, wane
grow, increase, rise, soar
return
Confidence has returned to the market.

confidence about
The captain was not lacking in confidence about his team's prospects.

confidence among
a loss of confidence among investors

confidence between
efforts to build confidence between employers and unions

confidence in
They have no confidence in the legal system.

a crisis of confidence
There is a crisis of confidence in the university about its future role.

have every confidence, have the utmost confidence
The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men.

a lack of confidence, a loss of confidence
a confidence motion (also a no-confidence motion), a confidence vote (also a no-confidence vote), a vote of confidence, a vote of no confidence
The government lost a confidence vote.
This is a tremendous vote of confidence for the government.

considerable, enormous, great
supreme, tremendous, utter
unshakable, unwavering
added, extra
new-found, renewed
growing, increased, increasing
calm, cool, quiet
She gave 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

have
She has very little confidence in her own abilities.

demonstrate, display, project (esp. AmE), show
feel
‘I can explain,’ he said, with a confidence he did not feel.

be full of, brim with, exude, 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 recovered his confidence.

bolster, boost, build, build up, develop, encourage, enhance, improve
Winning the competition really boosted her confidence.

give sb, instil/instill
They are gradually instilling confidence in their staff.

dent (esp. BrE), sap, shake, undermine, weaken
Failing his exams really dented his confidence.

destroy, shatter

drain, drain away, evaporate (esp. BrE), go
My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.

grow, increase, rise
Their confidence grew with each success.

return

boost, booster, builder (AmE)
The home team badly need a confidence booster.

building
Getting the certificate does a lot in terms of confidence building.

with confidence
She answered the question with confidence.

confidence about
I lacked confidence about how I looked.

confidence in
his confidence in himself

a lack of confidence
a loss of confidence

absolute, complete, full, total
mutual

enjoy, have
The Cabinet must enjoy the confidence of Parliament.
Security institutions have to have the confidence of all communities.

keep, retain
earn, gain, get, win
build
an environment which builds mutual confidence

betray, break
She promised not to break his confidence.
I don't think I'm breaking any confidence by telling you that he plans to write another book.

place, put
Are we to place confidence in a man who cannot remember a phone call he made last week?

withhold
take sb into
She thought she might take Leo into her confidence.

game (AmE), trick (BrE)
man (AmE) (usually con man in BrE and AmE), trickster (BrE)

in confidence
I really can't talk about this—she told me in confidence.

a breach of confidence
Telling other people what I'd said was a total breach of confidence.

in strict confidence
Questions will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

whispered

exchange, share
The girls exchanged whispered confidences.

keep
Can you keep a confidence?

betray
I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.

encourage, invite
She didn't encourage confidences.