intimatenounformal

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a person you know well and like
friendWe've been friends for years.
buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies.
palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A.
mateUKHe's out with his mates.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquainted
acquainted with someone
amigo
compatriot
comrade
contact list
contemporary
crony
crowd
fair-weather friend
fam
next door
non-contemporary
office spouse
on further acquaintance
oppo
wingman
with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom

confidant | American Dictionary

confidant
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkɑn·fəˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt/
a person with whom you can share your feelings and secrets:
Her brother is her closest confidant.

Examples of confidant

confidant
These dimensions included spouse problems, spouse support, relative problems, relative support, friend problems, friend support, confidants and social integration.
As a measure of social support, respondents were asked if they had someone with whom they could share a very personal problem (a confidant).
Like many songs of this popular genre, its text treats the clavichord as a confidant for the poet's sorrows.
Almost all had a confidant (94.8%), and most considered their neighbours helpful (78.5%).
For relative support genetic factors were detected in females but not males, while for confidants, the shared environment was important in females but not males.
It may help to talk to someone, but who should be the confidant?
The findings on confidants show the overwhelming importance of close family members when available.
Even greater differentials were found for support with personal problems and having a confidant.
These last associations were independent of the other included factors such as marital status and the presence of a confidant.
The respondents were asked to identify the confidant(s).
Older persons who declared social support from confidants or neighbours were more helpful to their own household.
Quantitative gender differences were found for relative support and confidants.
It is also the place where emotions and inner thoughts can be shared and affective and confidant support is found.
She remained a ' sort of confidant to the nieces and nephews ' and was in regular telephone contact.
The loss of a spouse or a child may imply the loss of a confidant.
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