confidantes

plural of confidante

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Recent Examples of confidantes Trusted advisors, coaches, and confidantes offer accountability and perspective, thereby mitigating the potential for blind spots to become liabilities. Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Sisters, in particular, influence the thoughts, opinions and actions of many of Austen’s heroines, acting as confidantes or foils. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 These virtual confidantes can provide empathy, support and, sometimes, deep relationships. Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025 Higgins is the son of SNL producer and writer Steve Higgins, one of Lorne Michaels’ close confidantes. Peter White, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025 His other confidantes at the time included two of Brazil’s most influential singer-songwriters, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, who had been exiled from their homeland by Brazil’s brutal military dictatorship. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidantes
Noun
  • Many of the moments are based on stories told to me by my nurse friends, or my men friends and family who were hospitalized and remember some of what happened to them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Following the news of the internet star’s death, several of his friends shared tributes on social media.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Misconstrued by many as something akin to an extended Henny Youngman routine, Portnoy’s Complaint more closely resembled, according to Albert Goldman, the comedic world of adolescent Roth and his buddies, with its audacity, ferocity, originality, and sheer fecundity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Once buddies, Robert and Alfred are now rivals.
    Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One of the elder Van Praag’s friends and confidants is a football coach in Florida by the name of George LePorte.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
  • For Kendra Hilty, a TikTok user whose saga about falling in love with her psychiatrist has gone viral, her chatbots are like confidants.
    Josh Feldman, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Confidantes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidantes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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