confide

Verb

Verb Forms: confided, confiding, confides

To tell someone a secret in trust.
reveal in private; tell confidentially
confer a trust upon
To trust, have faith (in).
To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
To say (something) in confidence.

Examples

After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
He would CONFIDE in his partner about his strategy before their Words With Friends match.
I confide this mission to you alone.
I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.

Synonyms

commit, entrust, intrust, trust

Scrabble Score: 13

confide: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
confide: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
confide: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

confide: valid Words With Friends Word