confide
to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in): She confides in no one but her husband.
to have full trust; have faith: They confided in their own ability.
to tell in assurance of secrecy: He confided all his plans to her.
to entrust; commit to the charge or knowledge of another: She confided her jewelry to her sister.
Origin of confide
1Other words for confide
Other words from confide
- con·fid·er, noun
- pre·con·fide, verb, pre·con·fid·ed, pre·con·fid·ing.
- un·con·fid·ed, adjective
- well-con·fid·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use confide in a sentence
That back turned to Wade was the back of the humble confider, the back of the martyr.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman DayThe point is whether I give the confider the right to confidence.
The Ego and His Own | Max StirnerOn the other part confider the Duke of Camerino in great distresse and daunger, to passe that strait of death my Brethren did.
The Palace of Pleasure | William PainterWho is to decide what is a reasonable amount—the confidant or the confider?
Cinderella Jane | Marjorie Benton Cooke
British Dictionary definitions for confide
/ (kənˈfaɪd) /
(usually foll by in; when tr, may take a clause as object) to disclose (secret or personal matters) in confidence (to); reveal in private (to)
(intr foll by in) to have complete trust
(tr) to entrust into another's keeping
Origin of confide
1Derived forms of confide
- confider, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse