confidante

noun/ˌkɑnfɪˈdænt/

Frequency rank: #18,794 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person, especially a woman, in whom one confides personal or private matters.

Illustration for the English word “confidante”

Example sentence

She told her deepest secrets to her childhood confidante, who never betrayed her trust.

Synonyms & related words

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