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confiding

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of confiding

having or showing trust in another

a very confiding child who is a little too eager to trust total strangers

Synonyms of confiding

trustful, trusting

Words Related to confiding

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 of confiding

disbelieving, incredulous, unbelieving, unconvinced, undecided, unpersuaded

dubious, hesitant, leery (also leary), oversuspicious, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, wary

Antonyms of confiding

distrustful, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful, trustless, untrusting

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