CONFIDANT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

confidant

noun

ˈkän-fə-ˌdänt

as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another she's my confidant; I tell her everything without reservation

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Recent Examples of confidant When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant. —

Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024 Then came the biggest bombshell of them all: Jeffrey Epstein had been Wexner’s close confidant and financial adviser for years — and posed as a model recruiter to prey on women. —

Lindy Segal, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024 Francis is your classic mafia mom — a confidant and active molder of her son and his underworld career. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024 One study in the U.S., Canada, and Australia revealed that 51% of men lack a single confidant for emotional support. —

Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for confidant