Confidant and Follower

Confidant

Confidant noun - A person who has a strong liking for and trust in another.

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Follower and confidant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Follower" instead a noun "Confidant".

Nearby Words: confident, confiding, confidante

Follower noun - One who follows the opinions or teachings of another.

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Confidant and follower are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confidant" instead a noun "Follower".

Nearby Words: follow, following, followed

close	close confidant	close follower
good	good confidant	good follower
true	true confidant	true follower
male	male confidant	male follower
Other adjectives: potential, main, new, closest.

They were childhood friends, and Kircheis became Reinhard's first follower, his closest (only, in fact) friend, trusted confidant and right hand man (being quite brilliant on his own right), providing good advice and overall having a tempering effect on Reinhard.

Source: Tragic Bromance

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