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 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 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

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Noun

Pack your phone, wallet, keys, and other essentials, like a glasses case and lip gloss, and prepare to head out for a date night or brunch with friends.

— Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
The show follows two upper-crust friends, Julia (O’Hara) and Jane (Byrne), who discover their former lover Maurice (Mark Consuelos) has touched down in London while their husbands are on a golf trip.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026