confidant

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Confidante

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intimate comrade guide pal buddy confessor chum brother friend sister partner fellow familiar associate ally
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Antonyms

challenger nemesis competition enemy opposition opponent
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Hypernyms

friend

Hyponyms

secretary repository confidante

Examples

My own soul is my most faithful friend. My own heart, my truest confidant. Babur

The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block, as a confidant and not as a rival. André Maurois

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant... My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known - no wonder, then, that I return the love. Soren Kierkegaard

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. Auguste Rodin

I mused upon the ironic fate which had compelled a mathematical genius to make his sole confidant of a philistine lawyer, and induced that lawyer to repeat it confusedly to an ignoramus at twilight on a Scotch hill. John Buchan

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring. Malcolm Boyd

Close letter words and terms

confettilike confetto confidable confidante confidantly confide