'Confidant' definitions:
Definition of 'confidant'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate]
Definition of 'Confidant'
From: GCIDE
- Confidant \Con`fi*dant"\; 277), n. masc., Confidante \Con`fi*dante"\ (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. [1913 Webster]
- You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confidant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquaintance,
- admonisher,
- adviser,
- advocate,
- alter ego,
- amigo,
- backer,
- backseat driver,
- best friend,
- bosom friend,
- brother,
- buttinsky,
- casual acquaintance,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- confidante,
- consultant,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- Dutch uncle,
- expert,
- familiar,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- fidus Achates,
- friend,
- guide,
- inseparable friend,
- instructor,
- intimate,
- kibitzer,
- lover,
- man Friday,
- mate,
- meddler,
- mentor,
- monitor,
- neighbor,
- nestor,
- orienter,
- other self,
- partisan,
- pickup,
- Polonius,
- preceptist,
- repository,
- right hand,
- right-hand man,
- second self,
- strong right hand,
- supporter,
- sympathizer,
- teacher,
- well-wisher