trustful

trust·ful

adj \ˈtrəst-fəl\

Definition of TRUSTFUL

: full of trust : confiding

— trust·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— trust·ful·ness noun

Examples of TRUSTFUL

1. <a trustful child quietly sleeping, sure in the knowledge that his parents would be there when he woke>

First Known Use of TRUSTFUL

1758

Related to TRUSTFUL

Synonyms: confiding, trusting

Antonyms: distrustful, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful, trustless, untrusting

Related Words: artless, childlike, credulous, guileless, gullible (also gullable), innocent, naive (or naïve), simple, unsophisticated; dependent, hopeful, reliant; accepting, believing, certain, confident, convinced, overconfident, secure, sure, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary

Near Antonyms: disbelieving, incredulous, unbelieving, unconvinced, undecided, unpersuaded; dubious, hesitant, leery (also leary), oversuspicious, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, wary

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Rhymes with TRUSTFUL

lustful, thrustful