Synonyms of trusting

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adjective

1

as in trustful

having or showing trust in another

Delia couldn't look into her dog's trusting eyes as she drove him to the vet for his vaccinations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trustful
• confiding
• naive
• confident
• innocent
• simple
• hopeful
• dependent
• gullible
• childlike
• believing
• credulous
• accepting
• unsophisticated
• reliant
• guileless
• secure
• unquestioning
• convinced
• unsuspecting
• artless
• sure
• certain
• overconfident
• unwary
• unsuspicious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubtful
• distrustful
• doubting
• mistrustful
• untrusting
• uncertain
• disbelieving
• unconvinced
• wary
• incredulous
• unbelieving
• trustless
• undecided
• suspicious
• skeptical
• unsure
• hesitant
• unpersuaded
• leery
• dubious
• oversuspicious

2

as in naive

readily taken advantage of

a corrupt stockbroker who preyed upon trusting customers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• naive
• susceptible
• easy
• gullible
• exploitable
• trustful
• wide-eyed
• unwary
• obliging
• credulous
• uncritical
• unsuspecting
• innocent
• genuine
• dewy-eyed
• guileless
• unsuspicious
• unsophisticated
• pliant
• artless
• unworldly
• deceivable
• amiable
• yielding
• malleable
• pliable
• acquiescent
• overcredulous
• simple
• agreeable
• fictile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wary
• critical
• skeptical
• suspicious
• cynical
• mistrustful
• sophisticated
• hardheaded
• shrewd
• clear-eyed
• clear-sighted
• streetwise
• street-smart

trusting

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verb

present participle of trust

1

as in entrusting

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

trusted the eldest child with walking the dog every morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entrusting
• tasking
• charging
• assigning
• commissioning
• imposing
• confiding
• recommending
• conferring
• delegating
• committing
• empowering
• authorizing
• relegating
• allotting
• allocating
• reposing
• investing
• consigning

2

as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

I wouldn't trust my wallet with a complete stranger if I were you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• leaving
• entrusting
• giving
• transferring
• delegating
• confiding
• delivering
• relinquishing
• recommending
• passing
• transmitting
• commending
• committing
• granting
• reposing
• loaning
• consigning
• vesting
• lending
• turning over
• handing over
• submitting
• assigning
• distributing
• conferring
• giving over
• dividing
• bequeathing
• dispensing
• supplying
• dealing (out)
• surrendering
• furnishing
• dispersing
• willing
• yielding
• releasing
• advancing
• turning in
• handing down
• handing in
• handing on
• recommitting
• retransmitting
• retransferring
• redelivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• holding
• retaining
• withholding
• reserving
• receiving
• possessing
• accepting
• owning
• taking
• holding back
• detaining
• occupying
• taking in
• taking over

3

as in believing

to regard as right or true

don't trust everything you read in the newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• accepting
• taking
• understanding
• buying
• crediting
• swallowing
• accounting
• presuming
• assuming
• accrediting
• setting store by
• supposing
• inferring
• deducing
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• discrediting
• disbelieving
• doubting
• questioning
• distrusting
• suspecting
• mistrusting
• challenging
• disputing
• misdoubting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trusting

Adjective

Experimental research suggests that people are more trusting and empathetic toward those who share their own religion and ethnicity. — Steve S. Medeiros, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Cindy Pickett played Ferris' loving, trusting and hilariously oblivious mother in the film. — Emma Urdangen, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026

Verb

Counsell brought in Webb for the seventh inning, trusting a reliever who produced a 24-game scoreless streak and stabilized the bullpen this summer. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

But trusting audiences to detect modern parallels on their own might be an even more powerful strategy these days. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026