trusted confidant
Reliable personal advisor
A trusted confidant is someone you share secrets or private matters with, relying on their discretion.
The phrase is somewhat redundant—a confidant is by definition someone you confide in, which implies trust—but the modifier emphasizes the depth of that trust: She was his trusted confidant for over twenty years.
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- allySupportive partner
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
- secretConcealed information
- sworn to secrecyObligated to withhold information
secret keeper · whisper · loyal · friend · best friend · intimate · counsel · companion · soulmate · listener · shoulder · shoulder to cry on · diary · confession · tell all · faithful · devoted · keeper
trusted confidantsworn enemy
Vowed lifelong adversary
bitter enemy · stranger · mortal enemy · nemesis · casual acquaintance
trusted confidanttraitor
One who betrays allegiance
betrayer · backstabber · Judas · double-crosser · turncoat
trust, trusted, trusting, trusty, trustee, trusteeship, trustful, trustfully, trustfulness