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confidant Definition

con·fi·dant (kän′fə dant′, -dänt′; kän′fə dant′, -dänt′)

noun

a close, trusted friend, to whom one confides intimate matters or secrets

Etymology: Fr confident (fem. confidente) < L confidens, prp. of confidere, confide

confidant Synonyms

confidant

n.

confidante, intimate, trusted friend, repository; see adviser, friend 1.

confidant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • trust: Within a few short years he was a trusted confidant.
  • feel: Sophie now feels confidant enough to steer under bridges.
  • become: As he became confidant, he reached further and further forward and eventually laid out fully in a completely relaxed position.
  • make: I made a confidant of Talbot in my love affair with Emily.

Adjective modifier

  • close: His close confidants advised Parnell to take time-off from politics to allow the issue to die a natural death.
  • more: Raja was much more confidant, which shows up on screen.
  • only: However there are some drawback to using friends as your only confidants and support.
  • intimate: In London he becomes Pip's intimate confidant, as Biddy has been hitherto.
  • chief: The truth is probably that neither Peter nor the other Apostles who founded the Jerusalem Church were Jesus's chief confidants.
  • very: I still wasn't very confidant and I was so scared of everyone.