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 regime, still tightly controlled by Kim Jong Un, is likely to maintain existing structures and policies, with Choe Ryong Hae and other confidants continuing to implement the leader's priorities.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The two play best friends on camera, and Hudson has become one of Song’s closest confidants in real life.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
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
The new board members include close confidants like Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the attorney general.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The two play best friends on camera, and Hudson has become one of Song’s closest confidants in real life.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
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
The new board members include close confidants like Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, and Pam Bondi, the attorney general.
—Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidants
Noun
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The epicenter of Los Angeles effectively shut down for several hours as the parade wove through the sea of fans bleeding Dodger blue with the Boys in Blue riding atop double-decker buses with friends and family, while waving to fans and holding the Commissioner’s Trophy.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Jaquez, who grew up in the Los Angeles area and went to college at UCLA, was able to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Game 7 World Series-clinching road victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night with family and friends around other Dodgers fans.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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Once buddies, Robert and Alfred are now rivals.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Confidants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidants. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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