confidant

noun

ˈkän-fə-ˌdänt How to pronounce confidant (audio)
Definition of confidantnext
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 That’s why people adopt chatbots as confidants and therapists in the first place. — Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026 Takaichi also kept Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, her longtime confidant who has been implementing her ambitious spending policy, and Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 But while close confidants have been supportive, the in-person backlash is also rampant. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 Her mother, meanwhile, was losing something else entirely—a spouse, a confidant, a partner. — Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for confidant
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  1. friend
  2. buddy
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  • The friend and my father took my older sister and me out for a walk, and, at a nearby schoolyard, the man hung the camera on an exercise bar.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • May his struggles never dim the memories of a sweet man, a dear friend, and a master musician.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • Keith David, Macon Blair, Killer Mike, Cody Lightning, Siena East, and Michael Hitchcock all return as some of Lee’s Tulsa-area buddies, employees, and resentful acquaintances.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Mitt’s old fishing buddy Hewey (John Ortiz) tells Jay that his father plunged into the ocean at the edge of a steep underwater canyon off Monastery Beach, so that’s where Jay is headed.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of buddy

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