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/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ · noun
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend..
Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]
One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, — a power we lived to evade, — we had no confidants save ourselves.
'Of course'—implied the loyal manager, and 'Oh, of course; not a word,' assented his confidant.
Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride. At his side was Caroline Ellison, Alameda’s CEO and his on-again, off-again lover.
Use confidant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Confidant means A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend..
Common synonyms include intimate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]
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