confide

Meaning

1. (archaic, intransitive) To trust, have faith (in).
2. (dated, transitive) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
3. (intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) in confidence.

Synonyms

trust

entrust

commit

consign

have confidence in

intrust

believe

rely

commend

have faith in

unburden

believe in

have confidence

have faith

confide in

assign

recount one’s tale of woe

tell one’s troubles

commend to

accredit

give in charge

bank

🏦

be convinced

charge

credit

delegate

disburden

recommend

repose

reveal

swear

unbosom

vest

place confidence in

reveal a secret

put faith in

Translations

confier

confiar

vertrouwen

toevertrouwen

confidare

anvertrauen

vertrauen

εμπιστεύομαι

confiar

confiar

ter confiança em

se fier à

affidare

raccomandare

αναθέτω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfaɪd/

Etymology

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.