Word Meanings - CONFIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To put faith ; to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONFIDE)

• Lean Incline
• rest
• support
• tend
• bend
• depend
• hang
• repose
• confide
• slope
• Recommend
• Commend
• praise
• applaud
• approve
• advise
• Stay Hold
• stop
• restrain
• withhold
• arrest
• hinder
• delay
• obstruct
• remain
• continue
• dwell
• await
• halt
• abide
• wait
• tarry
• trust
• lean
• Tract
• Confide
• rely
• credit
• believe
• charge
• deposit
• entrust
• hope

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CONFIDE)

• Release
• dismiss
• liberate
• free
• discharge
• expedite
• Blame
• censure
• discommend
• reprove
• Rise
• stand
• wander
• flit
• flutter
• remove
• transfer
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• discourage
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to CONFIDE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• CONFIDER
  One who confides.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• CONFIDENCE
  1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
• DEPOSITOR
  One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• TRUSTEE
  A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
• TRUSTY
  1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• CHARGEANT
  Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• CREDIT FONCIER
  A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out
• TRACTORATION
  See PERKINISM
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• INTRACTABILITY
  The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.
• INDWELLING
  Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
• SELF-TRUST
  Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
• MISCHARGE
  To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
• DISCREDITABLE
  Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
• MISADVISE
  To give bad counsel to.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.