confidant

/,kɔnfi'dænt/

Thân thiện

She tells her confidant a secret in the quiet park.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person with whom one shares private matters, secrets, or intimate thoughts; a trusted friend or advisor.

Usage

• The word "confidant" refers to a person who is trusted completely. It is used to describe a close, trusted friend to whom one confides personal information.
• It is a formal term. The relationship implies a high degree of trust and confidentiality.

Examples

• Noun:
  • For years, her assistant was her closest confidant.
  • He needed a confidant to discuss his fears about the future.
  • As her confidant, I cannot reveal what she told me.

Advanced Usage

• "To be a confidant to someone": To act in the role of a trusted advisor for a specific person.
  • Throughout the political crisis, she served as a confidant to the president.
• The feminine form is confidante, though "confidant" is increasingly used for all genders.

Variants and Related Words

• Confidante (n): The traditional feminine form of "confidant."
• Confide (v): To tell someone a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it.
  • She confided her worries to her friend.
• Confidential (adj): Meant to be kept secret or private.
  • This is confidential information.

Synonyms

• Trusted friend: A friend who can be relied upon.
• Intimate: A very close friend.
• Confidante: (Specifically female) a woman trusted with secrets.

Antonyms

• Acquaintance: A person one knows but who is not a close friend.
• Stranger: A person whom one does not know.

Idioms and Phrases

• Bosom friend/confidant: A very close and trusted friend (a somewhat literary phrase).
  • They had been bosom confidants since childhood.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone to whom private matters are confided

Từ đồng nghĩa

• intimate