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

Until this week, Charlie had entrusted the truth about the woods to almost no one besides her father and Judith Pinkman (Paula Malcomson), who took her in on the night of the attack and now teaches at the school. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Nov. 2026

The cost of a banking crisis For Paraguay, the immediate challenge is restoring access to savings and payments for customers who entrusted their money to Ueno. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

The alleged conduct of a senior solider, entrusted with sensitive information, is a sobering reminder that insider threats are real and persistent. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

Yet, according to a new congressional report, the institutions entrusted with enforcing the law repeatedly made decisions that spared him the full force of those laws. — Anna Rahmanan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

And although voters had something to say very clearly in this midterm, the real test now is whether those entrusted with leadership know what to do with that message. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

The next House and Senate leadership must answer to the people who entrusted them with power. — Zainab Chaudry, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2026

To all the incredible endorsers who entrusted me with your name, who took time out of your schedule to come campaign with us. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

The rifle is entrusted to the goat herder’s two young sons, who end up firing it from a mountainside at a coach filled with Western tourists just to see how far the bullet would go. — Ray Bennett, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026