Entry Word: trusting

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or showing trust in another <Delia couldnʼt look into her dogʼs trusting eyes as she drove him to the vet>

Synonyms confiding, trustful

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

Near Antonyms disbelieving, incredulous, unbelieving, unconvinced, unpersuaded; hesitant, leery, oversuspicious, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, wary

Antonyms distrustful, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful

2 readily taken advantage of <a corrupt stockbroker who preyed upon trusting customers> — see easy 2