confiding

5.8

Willing to trust people and tell them personal things

adjective
/kənˈfaɪdɪŋ/

: confidente

She is a very confiding friend.

Examples

His confiding manner made people want to open up to him in return.
As a confiding child, he often shared his secrets with his teachers.
She felt comfortable enough to be confiding with her close friends about her fears.
I find him quite confiding in our conversations.
She was confiding in her best friend about her struggles at work.
The girl had a confiding manner, sharing her secrets without hesitation.
During their conversation, he spoke in a confiding tone, revealing his deepest thoughts.

Synonyms

trusting

vsconfiding

12 2.1

Willing to believe people are honest

focuses on sharing personal matters rather than just believing others

Antonyms

secretive

71 4.9

A person who does not tell others about their plans or feelings

distrustful

10 5.4

Not trusting other people and doubting their honesty

guarded

4.9

Careful about showing feelings or strong opinions to avoid saying too much

How Confiding

openhearted

1 4.1

confiding

5.8

trusting

12 2.1

reserved

3.7

guarded

4.9

Surface Forms

confiding positive

Morphology

confiding = confide (transparent) = confide + ing

Derived directly from the verb 'confide' with the adjectival '-ing' meaning 'willing to confide', which is predictable for learners who know 'confide'.

Etymology

Confiding comes from the Latin parts con- and fidere, where con- means 'with' and fidere means 'to trust'. A helpful way to remember it is to see the same root in confident: a confiding person 'trusts with' others and is willing to share secrets.