confidante
noun
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Is it confident or confidant? (Or is it confidante?)
If you find yourself unsure whether you should choose confident or confidant don’t feel bad; confidant comes to English from the French word confident, and when the word first entered our language it was often spelled that way, rather than as confidant. The difference is quite simple: confidant is a noun (meaning "a person in whom you confide things"), and confident is an adjective (defined as “having confidence”). You may well be confident in your confidant, but you would not be confidant in your confident. Although this distinction has not always been observed by writers, confidante is generally used for a female confidant. The word confidant is more frequently used to describe a man, but it may be applied to either gender.
Examples of confidante in a Sentence
Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Burnett – creator of The Apprentice, confidante of President Donald Trump and now U.S. Special Envoy to the UK – will speak along with FX Chairman Landgraf and Zucker, who is CEO of RedBird IMI, the owner of British super-indie group All3Media.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 May 2025
In addition to Hawke as Lorenz Hart, Scott plays Richard Rodgers, Margaret Qualley is Hart’s protégé Elizabeth, and Bobby Cannavale stars as Hart’s bartender, buddy, and confidante.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The secret-keeper, meanwhile, is secure in their role as a confidante and trusts you more, too.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 May 2025
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“Confidante.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidante. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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