verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/kənˈfaɪd/
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rhymes with -aɪd
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N F AY1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To have confidence in someone.
To trust or have faith (in).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
Examples
I confide in her judgement in this matter.
You can confide in him doing the right thing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To have confidence in someone.
To take (someone) into one's confidence; to speak in secret with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
I could no longer keep this secret alone; I had to confide in my brother.
She confided in me about her plan to rob the bank.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
Examples
I confide this mission to you alone.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To say (something) in confidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
reveal in private; tell confidentially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
Narrower terms: unbosom, relieve
6
verb
Meaning 6
confer a trust upon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
I commit my soul to God
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, commit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
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.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
besosh
— to trust, have faith in
Bulgarian:
вя́рвам
(vjárvam)
— to trust, have faith in
Bulgarian:
доверявам
(doverjavam)
— to trust, have faith in
Czech:
důvěřovat
— to trust, have faith in
Dutch:
vertrouwen (op)
— to trust, have faith in
Finnish:
luottaa
— to trust, have faith in
French:
faire confiance
— to trust, have faith in
Galician:
confiar
— to trust, have faith in
German:
vertrauen
— to trust, have faith in
Russian:
доверя́ться
(doverjátʹsja)
— to trust, have faith in
Russian:
дове́риться
(dovéritʹsja)
— to trust, have faith in
Spanish:
confiar
— to trust, have faith in
Turkish:
güvenmek
— to trust, have faith in
Ottoman Turkish:
اینانمق
(inanmak)
— to trust, have faith in
Ukrainian:
довіря́ти
(dovirjáty)
— to trust, have faith in
Arabic:
نَاجَى
(nājā)
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Bulgarian:
доверявам се
(doverjavam se)
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Chinese Mandarin:
委托
(wěituō)
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Czech:
svěřit
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Dutch:
toevertrouwen
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Finnish:
uskoutua
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
French:
confier
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Galician:
confiar
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
German:
einweihen
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
German:
ins Vertrauen ziehen
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Latin:
concrēdō
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Russian:
доверя́ть
(doverjátʹ)
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Russian:
дове́рить
(dovéritʹ)
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Spanish:
confiarse a
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Turkish:
güvenmek
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Ukrainian:
поклада́тися
(pokladátysja)
— intransitive: to take (someone) into one's confidence
Bulgarian:
поверявам
(poverjavam)
— to say (something) in confidence
Dutch:
toevertrouwen
— to say (something) in confidence
Finnish:
uskoutua
— to say (something) in confidence
French:
confier
— to say (something) in confidence
Galician:
confiar
— to say (something) in confidence
Galician:
fiar
— to say (something) in confidence
German:
anvertrauen
— to say (something) in confidence
Greek:
εκμυστηρεύομαι
(ekmystirévomai)
— to say (something) in confidence
Indonesian:
curhat
— to say (something) in confidence
Latin:
concrēdō
— to say (something) in confidence
Māori:
whāki
— to say (something) in confidence
Māori:
muna
— to say (something) in confidence
Turkish:
sırrını söylemek; açılmak
— to say (something) in confidence
