close confidant

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• confidant — [[t]kɒ̱nfɪdænt, dæ̱nt[/t]] confidants N COUNT: usu with poss Someone s confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with. ...a close confidant of the president …   English dictionary

• confidant — confidant, confidante stressed on the first syllable or (in the case of confidante) on the first or last syllable, mean ‘a close friend in whom one confides’, and refer respectively to a male or female and a female. They are alterations of an… …   Modern English usage

• confidant — [n] close friend acquaintance, adherent, adviser, alter ego, bosom buddy, companion, crony, familiar, intimate, mate, pal; concept 423 Ant. enemy, foe …   New thesaurus

• confidant — [kän′fə dant΄, kän′fədänt΄; kän΄fə dant′, kän΄fədänt′] n. [Fr confident (fem. confidente) < L confidens, prp. of confidere,CONFIDE] a close, trusted friend, to whom one confides intimate matters or secrets …   English World dictionary

• confidant — Synonyms and related words: Dutch uncle, Polonius, acquaintance, admonisher, adviser, advocate, alter ego, amigo, backer, backseat driver, best friend, bosom friend, brother, buttinsky, casual acquaintance, close acquaintance, close friend,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• confidant — /kon fi dant , dahnt , deuhnt, kon fi dant , dahnt /, n. a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed. [1705 15; < F confident < It confidente, n. use of adj.; see CONFIDENT] * * …   Universalium

• confidant, confidante — n intimate, familiar, close friend, fast friend, Latin, fidus Achates. bosom friend, bosom buddy; bedfellow, bedmate, bunkmate, Sl. bunkie, roommate; chum, crony, pal, buddy, mate, comrade; alter ego, other self, second self, shadow, sidekick …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• confidant, confidante — ▶ noun CLOSE FRIEND, bosom friend, best friend; intimate, familiar; informal chum, pal, crony; Brit. informal mate, oppo, mucker; N. Amer. informal …   Useful english dictionary

• Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …   Universalium

• ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sharif-Emami, Jafar — ▪ 1999       Iranian politician and close confidant of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who twice (1960 61 and August November 1978) served as prime minister; during his second term, policies instituted to mollify the increasingly powerful Islamic… …   Universalium