a word

[chrysanthemum]

A person who keeps your secrets is called confidant. What adjective do you use to express this characteristic?

[5jj]

dangerous?

[Barb_D]

Perhaps trustworthy? Or discreet?

[Rover_KE]

Confidential.

As 'the word' was confidant that would have been a better thread title.

Rover

[chrysanthemum]

But confidential means secret.

[Tdol]

You can have a confidential secretary, for instance, who is trusted with things other people are not.

[BobSmith]

You can have a confidential secretary, for instance, who is trusted with things other people are not.

Could be a BrE/AmE thing, but this usage doesn't sound familiar. Perhaps tight-lipped?

[Tdol]

I'm honestly not sure- it's used in BrE, but the AHD gives it: confidential - definition of confidential by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia..

[BobSmith]

To me, "hav[ing] a confidential secretary" sounds like you have a secret secretary that know one knows about

[Rover_KE]

But confidential means secret.

A confidential secretary keeps his/her boss's secrets.

Wouldn't you want your confidant to do that?

Rover