Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to confide
Participle: confided
Gerund: confiding
Indicative
Present
| I | confide |
| you | confide |
| he;she;it | confides |
| we | confide |
| you | confide |
| they | confide |
Perfect
| I | have confided |
| you | have confided |
| he;she;it | has confided |
| we | have confided |
| you | have confided |
| they | have confided |
Past
| I | confided |
| you | confided |
| he;she;it | confided |
| we | confided |
| you | confided |
| they | confided |
Pluperfect
| I | had confided |
| you | had confided |
| he;she;it | had confided |
| we | had confided |
| you | had confided |
| they | had confided |
Future
| I | will confide |
| you | will confide |
| he;she;it | will confide |
| we | will confide |
| you | will confide |
| they | will confide |
Future Perfect
| I | will have confided |
| you | will have confided |
| he;she;it | will have confided |
| we | will have confided |
| you | will have confided |
| they | will have confided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | confide |
| you | confide |
| he;she;it | confide |
| we | confide |
| you | confide |
| they | confide |
Perfect
| I | have confided |
| you | have confided |
| he;she;it | have confided |
| we | have confided |
| you | have confided |
| they | have confided |
Imperfect
| I | confided |
| you | confided |
| he;she;it | confided |
| we | confided |
| you | confided |
| they | confided |
Pluperfect
| I | had confided |
| you | had confided |
| he;she;it | had confided |
| we | had confided |
| you | had confided |
| they | had confided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would confide |
| you | would confide |
| he;she;it | would confide |
| we | would confide |
| you | would confide |
| they | would confide |
Perfect
| I | would have confided |
| you | would have confided |
| he;she;it | would have confided |
| we | would have confided |
| you | would have confided |
| they | would have confided |
Imperative
| you | confide |
| we | Let's confide |
| you | confide |
Verbs conjugated like 'confide'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'confide'
confine,
bonfire,
co-fire,
cofire,
coincide,
collide,
concede,
concise,
concite,
conde,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- trust
- entrust, believe
- disclose
- tell, divulge, admit, whisper, share, spill
Antonyms
- trust
- distrust, disbelieve, doubt, suspect
- disclose
- withhold, hide, mask, cover
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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. See: Latin '
confīdō'.
Verbs referencing "confide"
Old English
bædan.
Sample Sentences
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[...] that came in her neck, seemed to add fire and spirit to her movements ! It seemed to her as if strength poured into her in electric streams, from every gentle touch and movement of the sleeping, confiding child. Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty. ~~~ The [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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St. Clare at first employed him occasionally; but, struck with his soundness of mind and good business capacity, he confided in him more and more, till gradually all the marketing and providing for the family were intrusted to him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)