confidant
Syllables: con·fi·dant/ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/US/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/
confidant noun: a person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Noun
confidant (plural confidants)
- A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
- Heaven made you love me for no other end, / But to become my confidant and friend: / As such, I keep no secret from your sight, […]1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, William Miller, published 1808, page 223
- One in thought and purpose, linked by the necessity of combating one hostile fate, a power antagonistic ever, — a power we lived to evade, — we had no confidants save ourselves.1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 5
confidant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
confidant in Hindi
- confidant
- विश्वासपात्र viśvāspātra
confidant in Tamil
- நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய நபர், கூட்டாளி, நண்பன்
confidant in Urdu
- confidant
- پردہ دار parda dār
- confidant; insider
- دائی dāī
confidant in Malayalam
- close friend, bosom friend, best friend
- വിശ്വസ്തൻ, വിശ്വസ്ത, നമ്പി, വിശ്വസ്തസുഹൃത്ത്, അര്യമ്യൻ, തേറാവോൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- confidant in Kannada
- ನಂಬಿಗಸ್ತ, ಆಪ್ತ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ, ಅಂತರಂಗದ ಗೆಳೆಯ, ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಪಾತ್ರ
- confidant in Tagalog
- kapalagayang-loob
Examples of confidant in a sentence
- 'Of course'—implied the loyal manager, and 'Oh, of course; not a word,' assented his confidant.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- Bankman-Fried’s confidants were along for the ride.2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian...
Forms of confidant
| plural | confidants |
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Origin of confidant
Borrowed from French confident.
Questions about confidant
- What does confidant mean?
- Confidant means a person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
- What is confidant in Hindi?
- Confidant in Hindi is विश्वासपात्र (viśvāspātra). See Confidant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use confidant in a sentence?
- 'Of course'—implied the loyal manager, and 'Oh, of course; not a word,' assented his confidant.
- What part of speech is confidant?
- Confidant is a noun.
- How do you pronounce confidant?
- Confidant is pronounced /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/ (US).
- What is the plural of confidant?
- The plural of confidant is confidants.
Words near confidant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confidant (page history and authors); विश्वासपात्र (Hindi) (page history and authors); confidant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); confidant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); confidant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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