Confidant
11confidant — UK [ˈkɒnfɪdænt] / US [ˈkɑnfɪˌdænt] / US [ˈkɑnfɪˌdɑnt] noun [countable] Word forms confidant : singular confidant plural confidants someone who you trust and can discuss your secrets and private feelings with …
12confidant — See confidant, confident …
13confidant — I confidant, confidante (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. friend, intimate. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. confidante, intimate, trusted friend, repository; see adviser , friend 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. confidante, friend,… …
14confidant — (m), confidante (f ) (KON fih dant) [French, from Italian, from Latin] A person with whom one can discuss private matters or to whom secrets can be confided. the toast of Holly wood during the 1930s and 1940s the confidant of Aldous… …
15confidant - confident — ◊ confidant Confidant is a noun. A confidant is a person who you discuss your private problems and worries with. You use the spelling confidante when the person is a woman. ...Colonel House, a friend and confidant of President Woodrow Wilson. She …
16Confidant (disambiguation) — Confidant may refer to: *Confidant, a person to whom private matters are disclosed; or a stock character in films, plays etc. that is a trusted friend of a major character * Confidant, a song by Mason Jennings from his 2000 album Birds Flying… …
17confidant, confident — Confusion between these two similar words results in an impropriety. Confidant (kon fuh DANT) refers to one to whom secrets or other private matters are entrusted. A female confidant is a confidante (kon fuh DANT). Confident, an adjective meaning …
18confidant — noun Etymology: French confident, from Italian confidente, from confidente confident, trustworthy, from Latin confident , confidens Date: 1646 one to whom secrets are entrusted; especially intimate …
19confidant — /kon fi dant , dahnt , deuhnt, kon fi dant , dahnt /, n. a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed. [1705 15; < F confident < It confidente, n. use of adj.; see CONFIDENT] * * …
20confidant — noun /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ a person in whom one can confide or share ones secrets: a friend …
