confided in

Shared secrets with

To confide in someone is to share private thoughts, secrets, or personal matters with them, trusting their discretion: She confided in her sister about the affair.

The phrase implies both vulnerability and trust—you confide in people you believe will keep your confidence.

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divulge · spill the beans · open up · let someone in · friendship · companionship · honesty · reliance · discretion · secret keeper · whispered · off the record · share · vulnerability · shoulder to cry on · disclose · admit · poured out

Opposites
disclosure mode

confided inproclaimed

Declared in public

publicized · advertised · blabbed · published · broadcasted

trust direction

confided inkept in the dark

deceived · misled · stonewalled · shut out · distrusted

relational intimacy

confided inexposed

Out in open

outed · ratted out · sold out · backstabbed

Family

confide, confided, confiding, confides, confidence, confident, confidently, confidential, confidentially

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G