as in friends
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 confidants
Simpson, Elle, and Smart Young show how leaning on community—friends, family, elders, and trusted confidants—can transform what feels like a heavy, lonely responsibility into an act of care and protection.
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2026
Pearson was among former Mayor Adams’ closest confidants, serving as his public safety adviser at City Hall.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The final memorial service at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s headquarters on the South Side of Chicago included a few hundred attendees, most of whom were family members, allies and confidants.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The private memorial service at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s headquarters on the South Side of Chicago will include only a few hundred attendees, who are expected to be mostly family members, allies and confidants.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
At play behind the president’s public Cuba musings is something big and personal, administration officials and Trump confidants told me.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
The family’s confidants, real and imagined, insist on both their normalcy and their otherworldly grace.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Additionally, both confidants are said to be willing to testify under oath about Bass’s actions if required by legal proceedings.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
One of Vrabel’s closest confidants?
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Essence, 22 Mar. 2026
Pearson was among former Mayor Adams’ closest confidants, serving as his public safety adviser at City Hall.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The final memorial service at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s headquarters on the South Side of Chicago included a few hundred attendees, most of whom were family members, allies and confidants.
—Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The private memorial service at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s headquarters on the South Side of Chicago will include only a few hundred attendees, who are expected to be mostly family members, allies and confidants.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
At play behind the president’s public Cuba musings is something big and personal, administration officials and Trump confidants told me.
—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
The family’s confidants, real and imagined, insist on both their normalcy and their otherworldly grace.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Additionally, both confidants are said to be willing to testify under oath about Bass’s actions if required by legal proceedings.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
One of Vrabel’s closest confidants?
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidants
Noun
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Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The first version of the app was in 2012, and the company was officially formed in 2017 with just two friends.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Minutes The men, all work buddies, met up with friends in Kansas for a week of duck hunting.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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No corrupt leader enriching himself and the Epstein class buddies.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Confidants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidants. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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