confide

con·fide

verb \kən-ˈfīd\

con·fid·edcon·fid·ing

Definition of CONFIDE

intransitive verb

1

: to have confidence : trust

2

: to show confidence by imparting secrets <confide in a friend>

transitive verb

1

: to tell confidentially

2

: to give to the care or protection of another : entrust

— con·fid·er noun

Examples of CONFIDE

1. He confided that he was very unhappy with his job.
2. <the local SPCA was looking for homes for a number of exotic animals confided to its care>

Origin of CONFIDE

Middle English (Scots), from Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust — more at bide

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CONFIDE

Synonyms: commend, commit, give, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Antonyms: hold, keep, retain

Related Words: confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms: detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over

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See Synonym Discussion at commit

Rhymes with CONFIDE

abide, allied, applied, aside, astride, backside, backslide, bankside, beachside, bedside, beside, bestride, betide, blear-eyed, blindside, blow-dried, blue-eyed, broadside, bromide, bug-eyed, Burnside, clear-eyed, cockeyed, cold-eyed, collide, courtside, cowhide, cross-eyed, curbside, dayside, decide, deride, divide, dockside, doe-eyed, downside, downslide, dry-eyed, ebb tide, elide, field guide, fireside, flip side, flood tide, fluoride, foreside, four-eyed, free ride, freeze-dried, Girl Guide, glass-eyed, graveside, green-eyed, hagride, hang glide, hard-eyed, hawkeyed, hayride, high tide, hillside, horsehide, inside, in stride, ironside, joyride, kingside, lakeside, landslide, low tide, lynx-eyed, misguide, moon-eyed, neap tide, nearside, nightside, noontide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pie-eyed, poolside, pop-eyed, preside, prompt side, provide, quayside, queenside, rawhide, red tide, reside, ringside, riptide, roadside, seaside, self-pride, sharp-eyed, shipside, shoreside, Shrovetide, sloe-eyed, snowslide, springtide, squint-eyed, stateside, statewide, storewide, Strathclyde, streamside, strong side, subside, tailslide, tongue-tied, topside, trackside, trailside, untried, upside, vat-dyed, walleyed, war bride, waveguide, wayside, wide-eyed, wild-eyed, worldwide, yuletide