Synonyms of confiding

confiding 1 of 2

adjective

kən-ˈfī-diŋ 

as in trusting

having or showing trust in another

a very confiding child who is a little too eager to trust total strangers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trusting
• trustful
• naive
• confident
• innocent
• simple
• hopeful
• childlike
• credulous
• unsophisticated
• gullible
• believing
• dependent
• guileless
• accepting
• convinced
• reliant
• artless
• secure
• unsuspecting
• unquestioning
• sure
• certain
• unsuspicious
• unwary
• overconfident

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubtful
• distrustful
• doubting
• mistrustful
• incredulous
• untrusting
• unconvinced
• disbelieving
• wary
• undecided
• uncertain
• unbelieving
• unpersuaded
• suspicious
• unsure
• trustless
• skeptical
• hesitant
• dubious
• leery
• oversuspicious

confiding

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verb

present participle of confide

as in leaving

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

• leaving
• handing
• entrusting
• giving
• transferring
• delegating
• trusting
• passing
• delivering
• commending
• recommending
• relinquishing
• transmitting
• reposing
• committing
• granting
• consigning
• loaning
• vesting
• lending
• conferring
• turning over
• handing over
• assigning
• submitting
• dividing
• giving over
• bequeathing
• distributing
• dealing (out)
• dispensing
• furnishing
• dispersing
• supplying
• surrendering
• yielding
• willing
• releasing
• turning in
• advancing
• handing in
• handing down
• recommitting
• handing on
• retransmitting
• retransferring
• redelivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• holding
• retaining
• withholding
• possessing
• reserving
• receiving
• owning
• accepting
• taking
• detaining
• occupying
• holding back
• taking in
• taking over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confiding

Adjective

These were voices—complaining, confiding, exasperated, distressed—that had not been heard before, as if the novel were a speaking tube cued to an underground rumble. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Verb

By an act of war, committed with the participation of a diplomatic representative of the United States and without authority of Congress, the Government of a feeble but friendly and confiding people has been overthrown. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

For Rohmer, sleeping together is always a far simpler maneuver than confiding one’s desires verbally. — André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

This was caused by the participants feeling unheard and invalidated when confiding their concerns to people who engaged in toxic positivity. — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025