[responsivevoice]Confidant[/responsivevoice] [kon-fi-dant]
The word of the day is ‘confidant.’
The word confidant is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
The word confidant is a noun. Therefore, it doesn’t have a past form.
Confidant means:
1. Close friends
2. Someone who we trust and with who one shares personal matters
1. He thought she went to find a confidant outside, that she was preparing her treason.
2. The worst would be that he was in love and that he needed a confidant to work it.
3. The Queen, having no one else to treat as a confidant, often talked to him about Phillips.
4. Sooner or later it must have been so, and I want a confidant.
5. At all events, this was a subject upon which I received no enlightening from their confidant.
Some synonyms of the word confidant are:
close friend, bosom friend, best friend, close associate, companion, crony, intimate, familiar, second self; mentor, adviser, counsellor; alter ego, consigliere, etc.
Some antonyms of the word confidant are:
enemy, foe, stranger, etc.
Quotation:
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.
Auguste Rodin
Social Example:
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