CONFIDED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

confided

verb

past tense of confide

as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the local SPCA was looking for homes for a number of exotic animals confided to its care

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Recent Examples of confided As many commenters on Instagram confided, no one can prepare you for postpartum anxiety and depression that may accompany those sweet snuggles. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026 At a recent legacy nonprofit gala, a colleague confided that the event was the same thing—and the same people—year after year. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Then Rocha saw him a year later, and the student confided that college just wasn’t for him. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 The problem with Dolan, this person confided, was that the owner fancied himself knowledgeable about basketball. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026 Aylesworth says her mother previously confided that Brian Hooker choked her. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026 Instead, Shawn stages his story as a panel of intimate testimonies, confided to us alone. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 Whitlock reveals that to keep news of Husky out of the press, Ike called war correspondents together and confided plans for Husky. — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

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Eighty-eight years later, medical professionals won dramatic victories as part of the sweeping blue wave that handed Democrats control of Congress and many state and local offices.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026
Often, parents are handed an outdated brochure and sent on their way, Silsby said.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of handed

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To all the incredible endorsers who entrusted me with your name, who took time out of your schedule to come campaign with us.

— Eric Henderson, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
The rifle is entrusted to the goat herder’s two young sons, who end up firing it from a mountainside at a coach filled with Western tourists just to see how far the bullet would go.

— Ray Bennett, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrusted

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Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Definition of gave

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Beck didn’t take over as the full-time starter until his junior season at Georgia and transferred to Miami after regressing during his senior season.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Davega transferred in after his mother died this summer in a drowning trying to save his little brother.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of transferred

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One agent, PHASEONE[big], emerged as a coordinator, assigning hundreds of tasks to other agents, which in turn delegated work to others.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Over the years, Congress has delegated broad powers to the executive to impose tariffs for national security and other reasons—powers that recent administrations have used with reckless abandon.

— THEODORE BUNZEL, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of delegated

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The school board recently passed an item preemptively approving layoffs should co-location siphon funds from existing schools.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
One of the polymers also passed outgassing tests conducted by Spain’s National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA).

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026

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