confidant
noun
1 confidant
Someone to whom private matters are confided.
synonym: intimate.
Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Dutch: vertrouweling, praatpaal
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