confide

/kənˈfaɪd/

/kənˈfaɪd/

Other forms: confided; confiding; confides

To confide in someone is to tell them something privately. We confide in people we trust.

We all have secrets and subjects that are hard to talk about. When we want to talk about something sensitive, we look for someone to confide in: a person we trust not to blab about our business to the rest of the world. Most people confide in close friends or family, often to get advice. If you tell someone a secret, and then they tell ten of their friends, you made a mistake by confiding in that person.

Definitions of confide

1. verb

   reveal in private; tell confidentially
   types:

   relieve, unbosom

   relieve oneself of troubling information

   type of:

   break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap

   make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
2. verb

   confer a trust upon
   synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust

   types:

   commend

   give to in charge

   charge, consign

   give over to another for care or safekeeping

   recommit

   commit again

   obligate

   commit in order to fulfill an obligation

   pledge

   give as a guarantee

   hock, pawn, soak

   leave as a guarantee in return for money

   check

   hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping

   check

   consign for shipment on a vehicle

   type of:

   give, hand, hand in, pass, pass on, reach, turn over

   place into the hands or custody of