# confidant

Pronunciation: US say "KON-fi-dahnt" /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dɑnt/; UK say "kon-fi-DANT" /ˌkɒn.fɪˈdænt/

## Noun

1. A trusted person to whom one can tell private thoughts and secrets.
   - Simple: A trusted friend you can tell your secrets to.
   - _Over the years, the queen's confidant heard every fear she dared not voice aloud._
   - _Her closest confidants were sworn to keep the matter strictly between them._

## Origin

The word comes from French "confident."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/confidant (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).