confide

con·fide

verb \kən-ˈfīd\

con·fid·edcon·fid·ing

Definition of CONFIDE

intransitive verb

1

: to have confidence : trust

2

: to show confidence by imparting secrets <confide in a friend>

transitive verb

1

: to tell confidentially

2

: to give to the care or protection of another : entrust

— con·fid·er noun

Examples of CONFIDE

1. He confided that he was very unhappy with his job.
2. <the local SPCA was looking for homes for a number of exotic animals confided to its care>

Origin of CONFIDE

Middle English (Scots), from Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust — more at bide

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CONFIDE

Synonyms

commend, commit, give, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Antonyms

hold, keep, retain

Related Words

confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over

See Synonym Discussion at commit

Rhymes with CONFIDE

abide, allied, applied, aside, astride, backside, backslide, bankside, beachside, bedside, beside, bestride, betide, blear-eyed, blindside, blow-dried, blue-eyed, broadside, bromide, bug-eyed, Burnside, clear-eyed, cockeyed, cold-eyed, collide, courtside, cowhide, cross-eyed, curbside, dayside, decide, deride, divide, dockside, doe-eyed, downside, downslide, dry-eyed, ebb tide, elide, field guide, fireside, flip side, flood tide, fluoride, foreside, four-eyed, free ride, freeze-dried, Girl Guide, glass-eyed, graveside, green-eyed, hagride, hang glide, hard-eyed, hawkeyed, hayride, high tide, hillside, horsehide, inside, in stride, ironside, joyride, kingside, lakeside, landslide, low tide, lynx-eyed, misguide, moon-eyed, neap tide, nearside, nightside, noontide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pie-eyed, poolside, pop-eyed, preside, prompt side, provide, quayside, queenside, rawhide, red tide, reside, ringside, riptide, roadside, seaside, self-pride, sharp-eyed, shipside, shoreside, Shrovetide, sloe-eyed, snowslide, springtide, squint-eyed, stateside, statewide, storewide, Strathclyde, streamside, strong side, subside, tailslide, tongue-tied, topside, trackside, trailside, untried, upside, vat-dyed, walleyed, war bride, waveguide, wayside, wide-eyed, wild-eyed, worldwide, yuletide