Synonyms of the word

confidant

• n. a person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

friend

• n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels…
• n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
• n. An associate who provides assistance.
• n. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
• n. A person who backs or supports something.
• n. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
• n. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
• n. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected…
• n. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
• n. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
• v. (transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate…

intimate

• adj. Closely acquainted; familiar.
• adj. Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
• adj. Personal; private.
• n. A very close friend.
• n. (in plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
• v. (transitive) To suggest or disclose discreetly.