Synonyms of entrusted

entrusted

verb

variants also intrusted

past tense of entrust

1

as in tasked

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tasked
• trusted
• charged
• assigned
• commissioned
• imposed
• delegated
• conferred
• recommended
• committed
• authorized
• empowered
• allotted
• confided
• allocated
• invested
• consigned
• reposed
• relegated

2

as in handed

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

we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handed
• left
• transferred
• delegated
• gave
• delivered
• relinquished
• passed
• confided
• trusted
• committed
• commended
• recommended
• transmitted
• granted
• vested
• consigned
• loaned
• assigned
• reposed
• bequeathed
• turned over
• handed over
• conferred
• submitted
• distributed
• divided
• lent
• dispensed
• gave over
• furnished
• supplied
• dispersed
• surrendered
• dealt (out)
• released
• willed
• turned in
• yielded
• handed down
• handed in
• advanced
• handed on
• recommitted
• retransferred
• redelivered
• retransmitted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• held
• retained
• kept
• reserved
• owned
• withheld
• received
• possessed
• accepted
• took
• detained
• occupied
• held back
• took in
• took over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entrusted

In 1996, Lockyer entrusted Sher to serve on a joint Assembly-Senate conference committee that produced landmark legislation that sought to deregulate California’s electricity system. — Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Women need to be entrusted with the roles, businesses and transformations that create the next generation of CEOs. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Foreign leaders continue debating who should be entrusted to rebuild Gaza, as though Palestinians will not reclaim freedom with our own hands and rebuild it ourselves. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Nonprofit leaders are entrusted with missions, resources, sensitive information and decisions that can directly affect communities. — Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Those who have worked closely with Hughes maintain that, even while working his notice, his commitment to the job did not waver — and that FSG would not have entrusted him with the summer transfer window had that been the case. — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

During the oral argument, class counsel argued that because jurors resolve factual questions, they should have been entrusted with sorting through expert testimony regarding college football and NFL broadcast arrangements. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026

My teenage aunts, entrusted with the care of thousands of white larvae feasting on lush, thick mulberry leaves, had to get up in the middle of the night to scatter more leaves into the trays. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

The veteran comic likens the creative control he’s been granted to a second-string quarterback being entrusted to lead the team. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Sep. 2026