CONFIDANTS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

confidants

noun

plural of confidant

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 The search of the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose Socialists have been hammered by a series of corruption scandals to his some of its leader's closest confidants, his wife and brother and the previous Socialist to hold his office. —

ABC News, 27 May 2026 Audience members become scene partners, confidants and, at times, emotional anchors — a structure that demands a level of presence few actors could sustain, but one Radcliffe makes feel effortless. —

Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Both Pramaggiore, a onetime rising star in Chicago’s corporate world, and McClain, who was a top lobbyist for the utility and one of Madigan’s closest confidants, were sentenced to two years behind bars and had been scheduled for release in August 2027. —

Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Hurley tempered his act this season, after his wife, Andrea, and confidants Billy Donovan, Geno Auriemma and Seth Greenberg jumped him last year. —

Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026 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. —

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 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

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Noun

Massachusetts-born, Robinson will be playing on home soil in front of friends, family and national team fanatics, an honor every player dreams of but only very few get.

— Jim Sciutto, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
But even these trails, like the ones Vernon carved out with friends near his home in Bella Vista, have had a positive effect.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026