Synonyms of confided

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handed
• left
• entrusted
• gave
• transferred
• delegated
• recommended
• passed
• relinquished
• commended
• delivered
• trusted
• committed
• transmitted
• vested
• granted
• consigned
• loaned
• reposed
• conferred
• assigned
• turned over
• handed over
• submitted
• lent
• bequeathed
• divided
• distributed
• dispensed
• gave over
• dispersed
• furnished
• supplied
• willed
• surrendered
• released
• handed down
• turned in
• yielded
• dealt (out)
• handed in
• advanced
• handed on
• recommitted
• retransferred
• retransmitted
• redelivered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• held
• kept
• retained
• reserved
• withheld
• owned
• possessed
• received
• accepted
• detained
• took
• occupied
• held back
• took in
• took over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confided

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

The game warden who conducted my background check confided that the state is so hard up for hunte-ed instructors that hunting experience is no longer a requirement for teaching the class. — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025