confidantes

plural of confidante

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Recent Examples of confidantes He was found to have been staying near his hometown of Castelvetrano in western Sicily, his fugitive lifestyle facilitated by his sister and close confidantes. CBS News, 28 May 2026 To fulfill their general education language requirement, the Vijums twins took American Sign Language and tackled other courses sitting across from each other in study rooms on campus, where whiteboards were their confidantes. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026 Like the book and its film, Beaches traces a friendship between Cee Cee Bloom (Vosk) and Bertie White (Barrett) — two women who move from childhood pen pals to roommates, rivals and lifelong confidantes before their soaring story ends in devastating loss. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026 With their double lives colliding in unexpectedly hilarious and dangerous ways, the two men are forced to reluctantly become confidantes and partners on the road to fatherhood. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026 Some of Vance’s confidantes, however, believe that Hegseth’s portrayal has been so positive as to be misleading. Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 Lauren bounces ideas off her colleagues and confidantes in a winemaker tasting group, which also includes Emma Kosicek, Tony’s daughter. Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 16 Apr. 2026 For Brian, that’s being 17 years old with no classmate confidantes to call his own. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026 Today, the singer is managed by Jan Christiansen, and her circle of confidantes is tighter than ever. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidantes
Noun
  • Tuesday’s story will cover making friends, and Wednesday’s story will focus on parent concerns about your school’s decisions.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • No, friends and filmmakers who have come to visit me over the years, and also people who have inquired about the project.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris and Arturo Castro also star in the film, in which Cena plays an undercover CIA agent who inadvertently gets his buddies tied up in a globe-trotting adventure.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • That night, Freddy and his buddies met Langley backstage after a performance in Oklahoma City.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps nobody is better suited to marvel at Walker’s recent success than Chenoweth, an assistant hitting coach for the Cardinals and one of Walker’s closest confidants in the organization.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • Complete strangers become confidants, newcomers are entrusted with the secret rituals of the forest (like shouting for the always elusive Carl), and trading trinkets and kandi is the reigning social currency.
    Taryn Valentine, SPIN, 10 July 2026

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“Confidantes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidantes. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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