confiding
Telling private thoughts
Confiding describes someone who readily shares personal thoughts or secrets, often implying a trusting or naive openness: She had a confiding manner that made strangers tell her things.
A confiding tone suggests intimacy and trust.
The word can carry a hint of vulnerability—someone confiding may be too willing to trust.
Trust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
- relianceState of needing support
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
naive · credulous · gullible · unsuspicious · innocent · unquestioning · accepting · hopeful
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- genuineTruly what it claims
- candidHonest and direct
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
- unreservedNot held back
warm · honest · open · transparent · earnest · heartfelt · unguarded · approachable
Dividing among others
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- tellingMeaningfully indicative
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
admission · divulgence · disclosure · opening up · venting · entrusting · imparting · communicating
Sincere personal discussion
- confidanteTrusted female friend
- closenessState of proximity
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
rapport · trust · friendship · empathy · understanding · vulnerability · privacy · secrets
faith
Trust without proof
vulnerability · naive · credulous · gullible · unsuspicious · innocent · unquestioning · accepting · hopeful · optimistic
sincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- genuineTruly what it claims
- candidHonest and direct
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
unreserved · warm · honest · open · transparent · earnest · heartfelt · unguarded · approachable · receptive
sharing
Dividing among others
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- tellingMeaningfully indicative
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
confession · admission · divulgence · disclosure · opening up · venting · entrusting · imparting · communicating · whispered
heart-to-heart
Sincere personal discussion
- confidanteTrusted female friend
- closenessState of proximity
- bondBinding tie or connection
connection · rapport · trust · friendship · empathy · understanding · vulnerability · privacy · secrets · personal
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- friendship actssharing, helping, listening, supporting, forgiving
- trusting traitsnaive, gullible, trustful, credulous, guileless
- Trust actsentrusting, believing, opening up, vulnerability, disclosure
confidingsecretive
Inclined to conceal
guarded · distrustful · mistrustful · suspicious · untrusting
- confiding inSharing secrets with